The Latest Breaking News from Kyiv

Strathaven dad James Frame will run 31km every week for four weeks to raise funds for the Ukraine Crisis Appeal

Two footballers have already been killed since the invasion began in February

Daria Wood and her husband Chris are sending supplies such as sleeping bags, baby food, nappies and batteries

When Russian President Vladimir Putin announced in the early hours of Feb. 24, 2022, that Russia was beginning military action in Ukraine, he was echoing a tradition older than Russia itself. Throughout history, the practice of issuing statements announcing hostilities has marked the point where conventional politics ends and deadly…

Thermobaric weapons are the most brutal war weapons that exist apart from nuclear weapons, experts say

In late September 1941, tens of thousands of Jews from the city of Kyiv were rounded up by the Germans with the help of Ukrainian militia. They were taken to a place called Babyn Yar, meaning “old woman’s ravine” in Ukrainian. Here, they were forced to strip before being shot…

Countries in Russia’s immediate vicinity have expressed concerns about the invasion of Ukraine

Harrowing pictures of the devastated neighbourhood of Irpin on the outskirts of Kyiv have emerged following a Russian bombing campaign.

KYIV, Ukraine — Hundreds were feared dead in the embattled Ukrainian port city of Mariupol on Thursday after more than a day of Russian bombardment left buildings in ruins and civilians cowering in terror.

As Russian troops closed in on Ukraine's capital Kyiv on Thursday, a muddy construction site in a local neighbourhood was teeming with workers and welders of the KAN real estate developer.

The Ukrainian city of Kharkiv is under heavy bombardment by the Russian armed forces. Its location and importance means it has seen huge destruction, but it currently remains under Ukrainian control