The Latest Breaking News from Kyiv

KYIV, Ukraine — As hospitals filled with bloodied civilians and Ukrainian protesters in multiple Russian-occupied cities defiantly waved blue and yellow national flags, Russian President Vladimir Putin destroyed any hope Saturday of immediate deescalation of his invasion of Ukraine, threatening in a televised speech to strip Ukraine of its statehood…

KYIV, Ukraine — The first cease-fire since Russia invaded Ukraine nine days earlier fell apart within an hour Saturday when Russian forces resumed shelling two besieged southern cities.

War reporter John Sweeney was moved to tears after a young woman dressed up as a clown with a red nose to entertain desperately ill children at a hospital in Kyiv this week

As dockers refuse to unload Russian oil and Boris plans to cut off gas Putin warns that 'Russia will not forget Britain’s desire to cooperate with Ukraine and the supply of British weapons to the Kiev regime'

Fighting for his country’s survival, Ukraine’s president has made a “desperate” plea to American lawmakers for the United States to help get more warplanes to his military and cut off Russian oil imports as Kyiv tries to stave off the Russian invasion

Ukraine-Russia news from March 6: Missile strikes have destroyed the international airport in Vinnytsia.

SYTNYAKY, Ukraine — The shell that reamed the Russian soldiers’ vehicle scattered them in all directions. One was face down on the asphalt, arms outstretched. Another was a mass of white and red in barely-there fatigues. Heat had singed the skin of the third, and the fourth had been thrown…

While the west baulks at a no fly zone over Ukraine, a woman in Kyiv is said to have taken out a drone with a jar of pickles from her balcony

The Kyiv Death Match of 1942 has resonance in the present context of conflict but its significance is complex

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine entered its 10th day on Saturday with a cease-fire quickly falling apart in two besieged southern cities and Russian President Vladimir Putin warning that any no-fly zone imposed over Ukrainian skies “would bring catastrophic results not only to Europe, but to the whole…

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Washington is documenting the reports to make sure relevant organisations can investigate whether war crimes have been committed.