Zelenskyy repeats Ukraine not behind Nord Stream attack

On 24 August 2026, in the war in Ukraine, Zelenskyy said Putin wants to draft 300,000 new troops, repeated that Ukraine was not behind the Nord Stream bombings, and said Ukraine lacks interceptor missiles. Burnham visited Kyiv and pledged UK missile technology to boost Ukraine’s long-range missiles, and German outlets said he handed Kyiv cruise missile designs.

On the Russian side, Nebenzya said Russian forces keep the initiative and are advancing, and that terror is becoming Kyiv’s last means of trying to change the situation. Medvedev said Russia expects victory in what it calls the special military operation in the foreseeable future. Western intelligence said Russia is targeting European arms factories, including in Bulgaria. Other items covered a Ukrainian robot and drone parade and the death in Ukraine of a Briton fighting for Russia.