The Latest Breaking News on War in Ukraine

How Ukraine’s battle for the Black Sea is inflicting serious pain on Putin’s forces

Russia has used the waters to launch missile assaults on Ukraine’s cities and blockade its ports. Now Kyiv is fighting back in a big way

The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2023

Ukraine calls for return of ‘abducted’ children as more arrive in Belarus

Ukraine says more than 19,000 children have been taken illegally by Russia since it began its full-scale invasion.

Al Jazeera · Sep 20, 2023

Full text: Zelenskyy’s speech to the UN General Assembly

The Ukrainian president used his 15 minute slot to warn UN members of the dangers of not standing up to aggression.

Al Jazeera · Sep 20, 2023

Azerbaijan forces attack Nagorno-Karabakh as threat of new war looms

Yerevan has condemned the ‘full-scale aggression’ against the Armenian-controlled region.

Al Jazeera · Sep 19, 2023

Zelenskiy accuses Russia of genocide and urges world leaders to attend peace summit

Ukrainian president says all leaders ‘who do not tolerate any aggression’ would be invited to a peace summit

The Guardian - US · Sep 19, 2023

UK could become an ‘EU lite’ member of bloc, suggests Franco-German report

Blue-sky exercise envisages four levels of membership to allow for countries having looser ties to the union

The Guardian - UK · Sep 19, 2023

‘There is no way out’: Nagorno-Karabakh residents fear new outbreak of war

Residents of Nagorno-Karabakh – disputed by Armenia and Azerbaijan – took shelter in basements on September 19 as the Azerbaijani defence ministry launched a military operation, demanding the total withdrawal of Armenian forces from the region. Fears of a fresh war have been building recently, as Armenia has accused Azerbaijan…

France 24 · Sep 19, 2023

Children arrive in Belarus after being illegally removed from Ukraine

Almost 50 children from Donetsk, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia were removed by Belarusian charity, according to Belta

The Guardian - UK · Sep 19, 2023

Zelenskyy urges global unity against Russia in UN General Assembly speech

Ukraine’s president tells world leaders at UN event in New York that they must ‘act united to defeat the aggressor’.

Al Jazeera · Sep 19, 2023

Russia is ‘weaponising’ food, energy and children in war on Ukraine, Zelensky tells UN

Ukraine leader addresses UN General Assembly at key moment for international support for fight against Moscow

The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2023