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War Intelligence Briefs

Oct 13, 2026 Luke Harding, and Andrew Roth in Kyiv The Guardian

Allies did not warn Kyiv of Russian ballistic missile strikes, says Zelenskyy

Ukrainian president’s comments on ‘particularly vile’ strikes come after US threatened to halt intelligence sharing...

Oct 13, 2026 Al Jazeera Al Jazeera

Food shortages in Yemen’s Taiz as Houthi siege hits supplies

Yemeni government forces are encircled by the Houthis in Taiz, where blockades on road routes have worsened shortages....

Oct 13, 2026 Sky News Sky News

Japanese journalist arrested in Russia on suspicion of spying

A Japanese journalist has been arrested in Russia and accused of gathering information on its defence capabilities, news agencies report....

Oct 13, 2026 Patrick Wintour The Guardian

Saudi Arabia strikes oil depots in Yemen and says missiles launched toward location of Saudi Aramco HQ

Civilians warned to leave target area near Sana’a before attacks as conflict between Riyadh and Houthi forces escalates...

Oct 13, 2026 Jakub Krupa (now) and Yohannes Lowe (earlier) The Guardian

Zelenskyy says Russia ‘did not heed’ Trump’s call for ceasefire and Ukraine had ‘no early warning’ before strikes on Kyiv – as it happened

Ukraine’s president says his country has halted strikes on Russian oil refineries for two days after Trump’s energy ceasefire announcement...

Oct 13, 2026 Aisha Down The Guardian

Did Ukrainian strikes on Russian datacentres reduce online disinformation?

While some viral online graphs suggest less bot activity, Zelenskyy’s claims of improved social media discourse do not entirely pass muster...

Oct 13, 2026 UN News UN News

‘Need for UN has never been greater,’ UN chief says, proposing slimmer $3.3 billion budget for 2027

Amid climate disruption, an AI revolution, war and growing hunger, “the need for the United Nations has never been greater,” Secretary-General Ant...

Oct 13, 2026 Daniel Boffey Chief reporter The Guardian

‘Super app’ aimed at UK students uses servers owned by Chinese firm on US blacklist

ZyMix platform has contract with Tencent, which US alleges has links to People’s Liberation Army...

Oct 12, 2026 Al Jazeera Al Jazeera

Trump insists energy ceasefire holds as Ukraine reports new Russian strikes

US President urges Zelenskyy, Putin to end 'ridiculous war' and insists they agreed to stop attacks on energy sites....

Oct 12, 2026 Al Jazeera Al Jazeera

Russia and Ukraine trade strikes amid doubt over ‘energy ceasefire’

Ukraine's president says Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure are continuing despite 'energy ceasefire'....

Oct 12, 2026 Guardian staff and agencies The Guardian

Ukraine war briefing: Russian diesel exports could return to past levels after Trump deal, Moscow claims

Exports could reach 3.5m metric tons a month, deputy PM says, after collapsing amid Ukrainian attacks on Russian refineries. What we know on day 1,693...