The Latest Breaking News from Kyiv

U.S. Ambassador Bridget Brink stated that Ukraine is currently under a heightened air alert, with residents advised to seek shelter for the third pre-dawn morning this week.

Russia reports several drone attacks overnight with one causing a blaze in Samara region. What we know on day 759

Kyiv says the country’s largest dam and hydroelectric plant were hit as Moscow unleashed 88 missiles and 63 drones

When Russia’s invasion began, Slovakia’s liberal president threw her support behind Kyiv. Much has changed since then.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on the West to deliver air defence systems after the attacks, which wounded 17 in Kyiv and the surrounding region.

Josep Borrell, high representative for foreign affairs, says ‘all responsible will be held to account’ after attacks on energy infrastructure

The air strikes come the day after Kyiv was targeted

Attacks leave more than one million people without power as Zelenskyy renews pleas for Western air defence systems.

Powerline keeping Zaporizhzhia safe is knocked offline; anti-Putin forces explain their raids into Russia

As the war enters its 757th day, these are the main developments.

Ukraine is the central theme of EU talks in Brussels, and notably whether Russian assets frozen in Europe should be diverted to Kyiv for the war effort. The support of the 27 states is increasingly under the spotlight as doubts persist over America's continued financing of the Ukrainian resistance.