The Latest Breaking News from Igor Konashenkov

Dozens of Ukrainian fighters killed at the Azovstal steelworks have been returned to Ukraine by the Russians who now occupy the fortress-like plant in the destroyed city of Mariupol

A regional governor in Ukraine says that the situation in a key eastern town has worsened

President Vladimir Putin continues to claim his ‘special military operation’ is going to plan despite deaths

Russian forces have renewed missile strikes on Kyiv and intensified shelling of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city

Ukraine news from April 17: Ukrainian fighters are holding out in the last pocket of resistance in Mariupol.

The bodies of more than 900 civilians have been discovered in the region surrounding the Ukrainian capital following Russia’s withdrawal — most of them fatally shot, police said Friday, an indication that many people were “simply executed.” The jarring number emerged shortly after Russia’s Defense Ministry promised to step up…

More than 900 bodies of civilians have been discovered in the Kyiv region following the withdrawal of Russian forces

First Rank Captain Anton Kuprin, 44, died during an ‘explosion and fire on board’ the vessel

A showdown looms in Ukraine as Russia appointed a new military commander and looked to concentrate its attacks on the eastern part of the country, while Ukraine’s president said his troops will hold their ground, and urged Western leaders, in particular President Joe Biden, to do more. Ukrainian President Volodymyr…