The Latest Breaking News from Kyiv

Ukraine’s defense minister said Wednesday his country has received the US-made Patriot surface-to-air guided missile systems it has long craved and which Kyiv hopes will help shield it from Russian airstrikes during the war. “Today, our beautiful Ukrainian sky becomes more secure because Patriot air defense systems have arrived in…

Inspections of ships carrying Ukrainian grain from the Black Sea resumed on Wednesday under a U.N.-brokered deal, but Kyiv said more time was needed to secure an extension of the initiative.

Kyiv accuses Brazilian president’s initiative for giving equal weight to ‘the victim and the aggressor’

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited command posts of the Kremlin’s forces fighting in Ukraine, officials said Tuesday, as the war approaches its 14th month and Kyiv readies a possible counteroffensive with Western-supplied weapons. A video released by the Kremlin and broadcast by Russian state television showed Putin arriving by helicopter…

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met troops in a frontline town Tuesday, a day after Russian leader Vladimir Putin visited occupied zones as Kyiv builds up to an expected counteroffensive.

Kyiv’s line has been to veto anything that could allow Russia to keep any territorial gains from Moscow’s invasion

Western officials admitted Kyiv would come under pressure over the timing of its long-awaited offensive - but insisted the regime must be left in charge of deciding when the time is right

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - The Kremlin said on Tuesday that President Vladimir Putin had visited two frontline regions in Ukraine, prompting Kyiv to brand it a tour of the scenes of Russian "crimes".

Moscow (AFP) - The Kremlin said on Tuesday that President Vladimir Putin had visited two frontline regions in Ukraine, prompting a strong rebuke from Kyiv which said he was viewing "the crimes of his minions".