The Latest Breaking News from Kyiv

A showdown looms in Ukraine as Russia appointed a new military commander and looked to concentrate its attacks on the eastern part of the country, while Ukraine’s president said his troops will hold their ground, and urged Western leaders, in particular President Joe Biden, to do more. Ukrainian President Volodymyr…

With almost no successful major prosecutions over the last 30 years, those building cases hope things will be different this time

(Adds unconfirmed reports of chemical weapons use in Mariupol)

MYKOLAIV, Ukraine — The Ukrainian military stiffened defenses Sunday against Russian assaults in the east and south as civilians continued to flee the country in vast numbers and the nation’s president framed the war as an existential threat to all of European democracy.

Russia has appointed a new commander for its operations in Ukraine as it refocuses its war effort in the east, having failed to secure territory around the capital, Kyiv.

The psychological toll of the ongoing Russian invasion could remain for generations

Ukrainian President Zelensky said warned the world Russia’s use of violence was a “catastrophe that will inevitably hit everyone" as a mass grave full of dozens was uncovered in Buzova

The PM flew to Poland and then travelled by Ukrainian rail for his meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Maria Romanenko, who has temporarily set up home in Reddish, gives her account of what it was like leaving her war-torn country behind