The Latest Breaking News from Kyiv

With Ukraine set to mark its independence from Soviet rule in 1991 and six months since Russian forces invaded, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned of the risk of "brutal strikes" by Russia and said any attack would provoke a powerful response.

Ukraine’s capital bans events celebrating independence from Soviet rule, citing threat of renewed Russian attacks.

The UN says 5,587 civilians have been killed and 7,890 wounded during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Kim Sengupta reported from Crimea as Russian forces occupied the region in 2014 – it is now once again a key psychological and strategic prize in the current war

Vladimir Putin calls car bomb attack that killed Darya Dugina ‘evil’, grants her prestigious award for ‘courage’.

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

As soon as the air raid sirens had stopped, Shakhtar Donetsk's players ran out onto the pitch for their final training session on Monday before Ukraine begins an extraordinary new season of its national soccer league.

The embassy based in Kyiv had been operating remotely since the Russian invasion.

MAKARIV, Ukraine — The Russian soldier taunted her: Your friend, he sneered, is lying on the floor, raped and naked and dead.

Russia might take the provocative step of putting Ukrainian soldiers on trial as Kyiv marks 31 years of independence for the war-ravaged country next week, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Sunday. Zelensky cited media reports that Russia was preparing to put Ukrainian fighters captured during the siege of Mariupol on…

Six months ago, Vladimir Putin ordered tens of thousands of Russian troops into Ukraine on a "special military operation" - a mass invasion on a scale unseen in Europe since World War Two.