The Latest Breaking News from Kyiv

Kyiv mayor orders air-raid shelters to operate around the clock; Washington says training for Ukraine on advanced US Abrams tanks has begun

Ukraine recruits prepare to retake Bakhmut; three people, including a child, killed in Kyiv; drone attack sees war reach Moscow

Ukraine fended off 36 Russian air attacks in and around the capital overnight while pro-Kyiv Russian fighters said they were battling Russian forces for a second day inside Russia, trading blame with Moscow for the deaths of two civilians.

China’s envoy says in order to achieve peace, Kyiv’s allies must ‘stop sending weapons to the battlefield’.

A rift widened between the president and Kyiv’s mayor after witness reports that three people were locked out on the street during Russian attack

A group of pro-Ukrainian forces said on Friday they were fighting Russian troops on the outskirts of a village just inside Russia's western border, a day after Moscow said it had repelled three cross-border attacks.

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Kyiv mayor orders air raid shelters to be open 24 hours after death of child; Ukraine claims to have shot down 15 cruise missiles and 21 drones

Four people died Friday in shelling in the Russian region of Belgorod near the border with Ukraine, the regional governor said. In Kyiv, authorities said air defence forces destroyed 15 missiles and 21 drones from a new wave of overnight attacks that left two people wounded. Read our live blog…