The Latest Breaking News from Kyiv

US defence chief Lloyd Austin in Ukraine vows backing 'both now and into the future'

Visit comes after Kyiv warned of divided Western attention due to Israel's war in Gaza

Evening Standard · Nov 20, 2023

US Defense Secretary Austin makes unannounced visit to Ukraine

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has made an unannounced visit to Kyiv

The Independent UK · Nov 20, 2023

Russia could begin full mobilisation after 2024 presidential election, Kyiv official says – as it happened

Secretary of Ukraine’s national security and defence council says Russia has increasingly put its economy onto war footing

The Guardian - AU · Nov 20, 2023

Russia launches drone strikes on Kyiv for second night in a row

On Saturday, Ukrainian officials said all drones heading towards Kyiv were destroyed but some hit infrastructure facilities elsewhere

Evening Standard · Nov 19, 2023

Russia-Ukraine war live: wave of drone attacks on Kyiv for second night – as it happened

British MoD says heavy Russian losses at Avdiivka and little progress for either side; Russia claims attempted Ukrainian drone attack in Bogorodsky area

The Guardian - AU · Nov 19, 2023

On this day in 2013 – Elena Baltacha announces retirement from tennis

The Kyiv-born Scot died of liver cancer in 2014 at the age of 30

The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2023

‘We didn’t hesitate’: how Vogue Ukraine got itself on a war footing

When news of the Russian invasion hit the magazine’s website on 24 February 2022, fashion stopped being the main focus

The Guardian - UK · Nov 18, 2023

Ukrainian military reports ‘successful operations’ on Dnipro River’s east bank

Military says troops have conducted a series of operations having established positions on left bank

The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2023

War ‘fatigue’: Is Europe tired of the conflict in Ukraine?

Are EU leaders tired of Russia’s war in Ukraine and ready to seek a way out? That was the message from Italy's prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, during a phone call in September with Russian comedians posing as an African Union official. Although Meloni’s office later said it regretted the PM’s…

France 24 · Nov 17, 2023

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 632

David Cameron visits Kyiv in first trip abroad as British foreign secretary; Volodymyr Zelenskiy says delivery of artillery shells has dropped off since Israel-Hamas war

The Guardian - AU · Nov 17, 2023