The Latest Breaking News from Kyiv

A new push for the counteroffensive; business brisk at surrogacy clinics in Ukraine

Russian troops have mounted fierce assaults in Ukraine’s northeastern Kupiansk region, located at the northern end of the country’s 600-mile front line. While Moscow’s troops have reportedly gained some ground, military experts caution against calling this a full-blown offensive.

It comes as think tank says Ukrainian forces ‘have broken through’ defences in Zaporizhzhia region

It makes moral and economic sense for west to help more as Kyiv cannot protect all main cities, aide says

What happened in the 74th week of Russia’s war in Ukraine?

Kyiv has launched a major push to dislodge Russian forces from southeastern Ukraine as part of its weeks-long counteroffensive, committing thousands of troops to the battle in the country’s southeast

A seasoned correspondent looks back at life in the run-up to invasion

Strategy is a matter of choice. Turkey’s in extremis blessing of Sweden’s bid to join NATO, two days before the organisation’s Vilnius summit kicked off on 11 July, did not conceal the difficult equation that diplomats had to solve in the Lithuanian capital city: what status should Ukraine be granted?…

First sighting of Wagner chief since his failed mutiny in Moscow