The Latest Breaking News from Kyiv

Igor Strelkov: Moscow targets a pro-war Russian who criticised Putin

Igor Strelkov raged against the president after the Wagner mutiny, and could now face years in jail.

Al Jazeera · Aug 11, 2023

Zelensky fires heads of military enlistment in all Ukrainian regions

President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Friday that the heads of all Ukraine's regional military recruitment centres were being dismissed from their jobs amid concerns about corruption. The mass sacking came as Ukraine urged civilians near the northeastern front line to evacuate on Thursday as Russia ramped up an assault to…

France 24 · Aug 11, 2023

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 534

These are the main developments as the Russian invasion of Ukraine enters its 534th day.

Al Jazeera · Aug 11, 2023

Ukraine’s First Lady Olena Zelenska warns children are ‘losing the will to live’ over Russia’s war

Independent TV Exclusive: Mrs Zelenska says her nation is seeking international help to find nearly 20,000 children Kyiv believes have been abducted into Russian territory

The Independent UK · Aug 7, 2023

Latest on Ukraine: Russia and Ukraine trade drone strikes; Kyiv removes Soviet symbol

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

WEKU · Aug 7, 2023

Ukraine war: talks in Jeddah give Kyiv an opportunity to push its ten-point plan to Brics and the global south

As the war in Ukraine escalated on and beyond the existing battlefields with intensified air, drone and ground operations, more than 40 countries met in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, over the weekend of August 5-6 2023, to discuss peace.

The Conversation · Aug 7, 2023

Moscow targets Kharkiv region in effort to regain ground from Ukrainians

Russia seeks to exploit situation as Kyiv’s counteroffensive concentrates on south and east of country

The Guardian - UK · Aug 7, 2023

Deadly Russian strike on east Ukraine kills several on residential estate

Two Russian missile strikes on the east Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, including on a residential building, killed at least five people and wounded 31 others, Kyiv said. Meanwhile, Ukrainian troops are creating conditions to advance forward step-by-step and have the initiative on the battlefield, Ukraine's commander-in-chief said on Monday. Read…

France 24 · Aug 7, 2023

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 530

These are the main developments as the Russian invasion of Ukraine enters its 530th day.

Al Jazeera · Aug 7, 2023

Russia unleashes strikes against Ukraine; Kyiv targets Crimea bridge

Moscow and Kyiv step up retaliatory attacks as Ukraine seeks to dislodge Russian forces in the country’s south and east.

Al Jazeera · Aug 6, 2023