The Latest Breaking News from Alina Smutko

Europe assumes financial burden of Ukraine war, angering Russia

Trump casts European purchases of US weapons for Ukraine as a victory as UN warns civilians being killed at record rate.

Al Jazeera · Jul 17, 2025

In Ukraine, most back negotiations over more fighting to end Russia’s war

A poll suggests 56 percent of Ukrainians would agree to a ‘compromise’ to end the conflict.

Al Jazeera · Jun 30, 2025

The wounded Ukrainian soldiers asking: ‘Ceasefire, what ceasefire?’

Putin announced the three-day ceasefire to coincide with a May 9 military parade on Moscow's Red Square

The Independent UK · May 10, 2025

Failure to back Ukraine would send signal to China about taking Taiwan -US senator

If the United States fails to back Ukraine enough in the war against Russia, that would send a signal to China that it could take Taiwan, a senior Senator said on a visit to Kyiv on Friday.

Reuters · May 26, 2023

Ukraine's Supreme Court elects new head after corruption scandal

Ukraine's Supreme Court elected a new head on Friday following the removal of his predecessor, who has been detained on bribery allegations in the country's biggest anti-corruption case.

Reuters · May 26, 2023

Cherry blossom mingles with barbed wire and trenches in Kyiv park

Pink cherry blossom has brought a touch of spring to a Kyiv park still strewn with barbed wire and anti-tank barriers.

Reuters · May 5, 2023

Photographer says capturing Ukraine conflict helped her ‘not go crazy’

Alina Smutko took photos on February 24 in case she saw ‘Ukrainian’ Kyiv for the last time.

The Independent UK · Feb 20, 2023

‘I want peace’: Ukraine and a Christmas at war

Three Ukrainian photographers capture the lives of children who fled and those who stayed in Ukraine

The Independent UK · Dec 27, 2022

‘It makes our voice as a country louder’: A Ukraine photographer’s battle against Russian propaganda

Photographer Alina Smutko explains the challenges of documenting the invasion, fighting misinformation, and keeping the world’s eyes fixed on the destruction

The Independent UK · May 14, 2022