The Latest Breaking News on War in Ukraine

Russia-Ukraine war: thousands of people without power after Russian strikes on energy hubs, says Ukraine – as it happened

Ukrainian government says recent shelling in southern city of Kherson leaves more than 28,000 people without power

The Guardian - AU · Nov 17, 2023

Thousands of Ukrainian children forcefully taken to Belarus via Russia, study finds

Yale University study finds Russia and Belarus ‘have been working together to coordinate and fund the movement of children’

The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2023

Thousands of bodies lie buried in rubble in Gaza. Families dig to retrieve them, often by hand

Rescuers in Gaza don’t have the equipment to search properly for the living, let alone the dead

The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2023

Bill Clinton describes Israel-Hamas conflict as ‘heartbreaking’

The former US president, who was speaking at Swansea University with his wife Hillary Clinton, urged those involved to find ‘common ground’.

The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2023

Visa uncertainty adding to ‘insecurity’ for Ukrainian refugees, campaigner warns

The first visas issued as part of the Homes for Ukraine scheme – launched last year following the Russian invasion – will expire in March 2025.

The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2023

US imposes new sanctions over Russian oil price cap violations, Kremlin influence in the Balkans

The U.S. Treasury has levied a new round of sanctions on firms and ships that used U.S. service providers to carry Russian crude oil in violation of the multinational price cap — and imposed another set of sanctions on a group of Balkan people and firms tied to Kremlin influence…

The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2023

British ‘pro-Russian propagandist’ awaits ruling on High Court sanctions fight

Graham Phillips, who watched a hearing in London via a video link from Ukraine, says a Government decision to freeze his assets was ‘Orwellian’.

The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2023

Irish-Palestinian man says 44 members of extended family killed in Gaza

The Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign has organised a protest march in Dublin on Saturday.

The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2023

Irish government faces claims of ‘double standards’ on Israel and Russia

Opposition motions calling for a range of sanctions against Israel were voted down in the Dail parliament on Wednesday.

The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2023

Germany hikes Ukraine military support, but is its defence-spending tilt tenable?

Germany, already Europe's biggest supporter of Ukraine, has unveiled plans to double its military aid to Kyiv for 2024, while continuing to invest in its armed forces in order to become "the backbone of European defence". It’s a strategy shift Berlin hopes to maintain over the long term, but counting…

France 24 · Nov 16, 2023