Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Kyiv

Leonid Kravchuk, independent Ukraine's first president, dies at 88

Leonid Kravchuk, a former communist who helped sign the Soviet Union's death warrant and then served as the first president of independent Ukraine, died on Tuesday at the age of 88.

Reuters

Russia Pummels Vital Port of Odesa, Targeting Supply Lines

Russia pummeled the vital port of Odesa, Ukrainian officials said Tuesday, an apparent effort to disrupt supply lines and Western weapons shipments critical to Kyiv's defense. Ukraine's ability to stymie a larger, better-armed Russian military has surprised many who had anticipated a much quicker end to the conflict. With the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Putin seeking goals beyond Ukraine’s east: US intelligence chief

Avril Haines says Russian president is preparing for a prolonged conflict as invasion turns into a ‘war of attrition’.

Al Jazeera

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

U2's Bono and the Edge held a concert in a Kyiv subway station in support of Ukraine

The musicians said they were performing in Kyiv at the invitation of Ukraine's president. They played acoustic versions of U2 hits and also shared the "stage" with the Ukrainian band Antytila.

WEKU

‘I almost got hit’: the Ukrainian journalists turned war correspondents overnight

Initially writing stories and making television reports was secondary for the journalists as many focused on survival

The Guardian - UK

Has Russia already lost the war?

Russia had a decent plan, says warfare expert John Spencer. But military incompetence has led to total failure

Salon

VIDEO: Bombs Away: Ukrainian Bomb Squad Removes Deadly Munitions Left By Retreating Russians

Zenger News obtained the footage from the State Emergency Service (SES) of Ukraine on Sunday, May 8.

Zenger

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Kyiv residents begin to find calm after Russian forces' retreat

Ukrainians in Kyiv are starting to piece their lives back together as the Russian invasion enters its third month. Even in moments of calm, residents still live with the threat of airstrikes.

WEKU

Russia Shells Ukraine's Odessa as US Pledges Fresh Arms for Kyiv

Russian forces intensified their fight in Ukraine's east and fired missiles over the port city of Odessa, as President Joe Biden signed a law speeding up arms deliveries to Kyiv. The southern city was hit by a series of missiles Monday, destroying buildings, setting ablaze a shopping center and killing…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Indonesian escapes Chernihiv after hiding in underground bunker

Plastics worker spent three weeks holed up at Chernihiv factory as Indonesian embassy hatched multiple rescue plans.

Al Jazeera

U2's Bono gives concert in Kyiv metro

Irish rock group U2's frontman Bono and his bandmate The Edge performed a 40-minute concert in a metro station in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Sunday and praised Ukrainians fighting for their freedom from Russia.

Bangkok Post

Defiant Putin defends invasion of Ukraine as US expedites military aid

KYIV, Ukraine — With international pressure mounting and his invasion of Ukraine failing to make significant advances, Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered a strident speech Monday at an annual military parade in Moscow, accusing the U.S. and the West of provoking the conflict and comparing it to the Soviet Union’s…

Los Angeles Times

Ukraine is rebuilding cities just as fast as they were destroyed

Max Bearak and Isabelle Khurshudyan report from Bucha where, in about the same amount of time as the Russians occupied it, the city has remade itself

The Independent UK

Putin’s Victory Day speech far from triumphant: Analysts

Russian President Vladimir Putin did not mention ‘Ukraine’ once during Victory Day celebrations in Moscow.

Al Jazeera

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

Macron calls for new European body and warns Ukraine of EU wait

French president says European Union ‘cannot be the only way to structure the continent’

WEKU

Patron the bomb-sniffing dog cements his hero status with a presidential medal

The tiny Jack Russell terrier is credited with detecting hundreds of Russian explosive devices since the start of the war. His other pastimes include snacking on cheese and napping at press briefings.

The Independent UK

‘All I heard was lies’: Ukrainians find no answers in hollow Putin speech

In Kyiv, Kim Sengupta hears the reaction of war-battered Ukrainians to the Russian leader’s Victory Day speech

Los Angeles Times

Putin defends invasion of Ukraine during display of Russian might

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Reuters

'We will win', defiant Zelenskiy tells Russia on World War Two anniversary

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that Kyiv would defeat Russia's invasion and not give up a single piece of land, as he marked victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two.

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin's ruthless private death squad storms Ukraine in 'worrying development'

Members of the Wagner Group have been called into eastern Ukraine in an apparent bid to boost Russia's faltering forces after its troops were driven out of the Kyiv region

The Independent UK

‘Buying milk will never be the same’: UK ambassador to Ukraine hugged at supermarket

Melinda Simmons, the UK’s representative in Kyiv, says she was hugged by a resident to say thank you for Britain’s help

Evening Standard

Postcard from Kyiv: tulips blooming, wine bars re-opening and people starting to return

After months of misery, Ukraine’s capital is discovering its ‘new normal’. Tom Mutch reports

Bangkok Post

U2's Bono gives 'freedom' concert in Kyiv metro

KYIV: Irish rock group U2's frontman Bono and his bandmate The Edge performed a 40-minute concert in a metro station in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Sunday and praised Ukrainians fighting for their freedom from Russia.

Al Jazeera

U2: Bono, The Edge play Ukraine ‘freedom’ concert in Kyiv metro

Legendary Irish rock band says President Zelenskyy invited them to play in solidarity with Ukraine.

Radio France Internationale

Zelensky blames Russia for 60 civilian deaths; G7 rallies behind Ukraine

Russian bombing of a school sheltering civilians claimed 60 lives, Ukraine said on Sunday, as the G7 group of the west's leading economies reaffirmed their solidarity with Kyiv on the eve of Moscow's plans for a major celebration to mark the anniversary of allied victory in World War II.

1 … 377 378 379 380

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.