Ruslan Kravchenko, Ukraine’s prosecutor general, has stepped down amidst allegations of corruption, which prompted anti-corruption officials to search his office over the weekend as part of inquiries into illegal call centers, according to AFP.
In his resignation announcement, Kravchenko refuted any involvement in the alleged activities, stating that his departure was a “political decision” aimed at preventing his role from being utilized as a tool for political disputes.
This resignation presents another hurdle for President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who has faced a tumultuous summer characterized by a cabinet reshuffle and a political crisis following his contentious dismissal of the popular defense minister, Mykhailo Fedorov.
The political instability coincides with a resurgence of Russian military actions against Kyiv after a brief lull intended to allow for peace discussions with senior United States officials.
“The Russians executed a complex assault designed to inflict maximum civilian casualties—utilizing ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, anti-ship missiles, and jet-propelled drones. Significant destruction has been observed in residential areas and civilian infrastructure throughout the capital,” Zelenskyy commented this morning.
As a result of the recent attacks, at least two fatalities have been reported, along with ten injuries. Additional strikes have also occurred in Dnipro, Kharkiv, Sumy, and Zaporizhzhia.
In other news, attention is being paid to the ongoing situation in Germany following the Saxony-Anhalt election, as well as reports from France about a nighttime heist where four works by the French impressionist painter Auguste Renoir were stolen from a museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer.
Today is Tuesday, September 8, 2026, and this is Jakub Krupa reporting for Europe Live.
Hungary has expelled ten Russian diplomats for engaging in actions deemed “unacceptable for diplomats under the Vienna Convention,” according to Foreign Minister Anita Orbán.
Orbán stated on Facebook that this decision is intended to safeguard Hungary’s security and sovereignty. However, she clarified that it does not equate to a complete severance of diplomatic relations with Russia, emphasizing Hungary’s desire to maintain necessary dialogue grounded in mutual respect and adherence to established protocols.
In a separate development, President Zelenskyy expressed his aspiration to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump this month to discuss missile defense strategies as Ukraine braces for what is anticipated to be another challenging winter.
These comments come in light of renewed Russian assaults on Kyiv, with Ukrainian officials repeatedly cautioning about a shortfall in air defense supplies.
The United Kingdom has pledged £100 million to enhance Ukraine’s air defense capabilities for the winter season, which will include the provision of air defense interceptors, large-caliber artillery rounds, and drones.
This funding will be allocated according to NATO’s Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL), which assists Ukraine in acquiring essential military equipment with support from NATO allies.
The UK government also reiterated its commitment to supplying over 120,000 drones to Ukraine this year, with 25,000 already delivered, a figure expected to increase as winter approaches.
In a different matter, Iceland summoned the U.S. ambassador for discussions following a social media post by President Trump that featured an AI-generated map depicting the U.S., Canada, and other regions, mistakenly including Iceland as U.S. territory.
Iceland’s national broadcaster RÚV reported that during the meeting, the ambassador was informed that such a post was “completely inappropriate.”
The map also inaccurately represented Greenland as U.S. territory, coinciding with the EU’s announcement of a €200 million investment package for Greenland aimed at strengthening ties with the European bloc.
Authorities have reported that the number of injuries from today’s attacks on Kyiv has risen to twelve.
In France, two burglars broke into a museum dedicated to the works of Pierre-Auguste Renoir, stealing four artworks and abandoning one as they fled, according to the town’s mayor, Bryan Masson.
“This morning, two individuals breached the Renoir Museum and made off with four pieces of art,” Masson stated, adding that the suspects were captured on surveillance cameras as they escaped, leaving one of the stolen paintings behind. The estimated value of the stolen artworks is around €9 million (£7.7 million).
The museum, established in 1960 in Renoir’s final residence before his death in 1919, houses not only his paintings but also personal items such as his easel and wheelchair.
The mayor noted that it took municipal police only five minutes to respond to the alarm triggered at 5:48 AM, with officers arriving on the scene by 5:53 AM.
This incident follows a previous daylight robbery last year when eight items valued at approximately €88 million were stolen from the Louvre in Paris. Although four suspects have been arrested, the stolen pieces remain missing despite extensive searches conducted by French authorities in collaboration with police in Belgium, Italy, and beyond.
Europol reported last month that art thieves across Europe are increasingly engaging in more violent robberies, with organized gangs being supplanted by opportunistic criminals recruited via social media.
Additionally, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen expressed condemnation regarding the attendance of high-ranking Serbian officials at the recent funeral of Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladić, describing it as indicative of a failure to confront a troubling chapter in Europe’s past and raising concerns about Serbia’s alignment with the European Union.
Mladić, who passed away last week, was interred with military honors following a memorial service attended by thousands and led by Porfirije, the patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
