Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump has ‘sort of’ made his decision on whether to supply Tomahawk missiles to Kyiv

Ukrainian soldiers carried out a successful counter-attack in the eastern Dnipropetrovsk region, Kyiv’s military said.

The Skhval unit “eliminated” 50 Russian troops in a battle in Sichneve while eight others were taken prisoner, according to the Kyiv Independent.

Footage published on Telegram appeared to show Ukrainian troops advancing to a settlement and clearing out Russian positions. The footage could not be independently verified.

Sichneve lies at the administrative border with the key region of Donetsk, which Russian forces are desperate to capture.

Britain’s shadow defence secretary James Cartlidge has accused Reform UK leader Nigel Farage of “blaming Nato for provoking Putin”.

Speaking at the Conservative Party conference, Mr Cartlidge said: “There are those who claim that Nigel Farage’s party are the true conservatives, but let us remind ourselves what happened when Putin launched his all-out invasion.

“On that day, what did Farage do? Whose side was he on as our continent was suddenly threatened with war for the first time since 1945? That day, he chose to blame Nato for provoking Putin.”

Farage has previously faced criticism for suggesting that the eastwards expansion of Nato was responsible for Russia’s invasion, rather than Putin’s imperialist ambitions.

Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan told Vladimir Putin in a phone call that more momentum is needed to achieve peace in Ukraine, his office said.

The statement cited Erdogan as saying Turkey will continue to work for peace.

It said bilateral relations and regional and global issues, including Turkey’s efforts to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza, were also discussed on the call.

Russia has said it is waiting for clarity on the possible supply of US Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine.

It comes after President Donald Trump said he had “sort of made a decision” on whether to send the missiles to Kyiv, but was waiting to hear how Ukraine planned to use them.

Asked about the comments, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: “We understand that we need to wait, probably, for clearer statements, if any come.”

Russia’s state nuclear energy company has claimed that a Ukrainian drone attempted to strike a nuclear plant in the Voronezh region, but did not cause damage.

In a statement, Rosenergoatom said the drone was “suppressed by technical means” and detonated after crashing into a cooling tower at the Novovoronezh plant.

“There was no damage or injuries; however, the detonation left a dark mark on the cooling tower. The safe operation of the nuclear power plant is ensured,” the company said, adding that radiation levels were normal and unchanged.

Ukraine wants to increase natural gas imports by 30% following Russian airstrikes on its gas infrastructure, the country’s energy minister has said.

It comes amid an increase in Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy sector in recent weeks. Last Friday, an attack on Ukraine’s main gas fields raised fears of a possible gas shortage.

“We plan to increase imports by around 30% if we manage to expand our import capacity,” Ukrainian Energy Minister Svitlana Hrynchuk told a press briefing.

“We plan to import throughout the coldest months, although the priority now is to secure imports for October-December and, if necessary, for other months.”

Finland’s president Alexander Stubb said on Tuesday he would this week deliver messages from his recent visit to Ukraine’s capital Kyiv to US president Donald Trump.

Stubb is due to visit Washington DC on October 9-10 for a meeting with Trump to discuss US-Finnish relations and Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Ukraine’s energy minister Svitlana Hrynchuk said on Tuesday that Russian airstrikes had caused ‘significant’ damage to Ukraine’s gas production capacity.

But Ms Hrynchuk declined to give specific details on the extent of this damage.

She said Russian attacks were targeting Ukraine’s regional gas infrastructure, as well as power transmission facilities in Ukraine’s frontline regions.

The country was considering increasing LNG imports, Ms Hrynchuk said.