The Latest Breaking News from Kyiv

Ukraine dismissed a 5am deadline to surrender to Russia and insisted it would never give in as an explosion destroyed a shopping mall in Kyiv and besieged Mariupol is 90% destroyed

‘Moscow is afraid of our army so they are fighting civilians. This is state terrorism’

Meanwhile some 10,200 visas have been issued under the Ukraine family scheme in the UK

“There are many reasons for the Russians' abysmal performance” in the war, says former U.S. military leader.

A 96-year-old man who had been forced to work underground and on the V-2 rocket by Nazis dies in his home as it is fired upon during a Russian attack, while homes in the Black Sea port city of Odesa are also hit by shelling from the invading forces.

The elements of viable peace exist, and all that is required is for someone to step forward and pursue it with urgency

Nearly a month in, Ukraine is resisting as invading Russian forces increasingly resort to shelling civilians. With an estimated 300,000 people trapped in the besieged port city of Mariupol and amid shelling in major cities including the capital, Kyiv is refusing to surrender and the Russian advance is slow going.…

Told to give up the city of Mariupol by dawn, Ukraine's president says the country will not surrender and its people will not accept Russian occupation.

Party chairman Oliver Dowden appeared to confirm reports the Prime Minister, who feels "a real emotional connection with the suffering of the Ukrainian people", wishes to travel to Kyiv

Olga was badly injured by shrapnel during Vladimir Putin's assault on Kyiv last week and has been seen cradling her newborn baby while wrapped in a foil blanket and covered in bandages

Maxim, 11, walked to a local territorial military base in Boryspil, Kyiv Oblast at night and offered his services to those defending Ukraine from the Russian invaders