The Latest Breaking News from Kyiv

Putin rallies behind troops while lethal fire rains down

Vladimir Putin appeared at a huge flag-waving rally to lavish praise on his Russian forces

The Independent UK · Mar 19, 2022

Zelenskiy calls for peace talks with Moscow, urges Swiss to target oligarchs

(Updates with latest Ukraine defense ministry statement)

Reuters · Mar 19, 2022

Unilever facing Ukrainian demands to leave Russia completely

Kyiv’s ambassador to the UK Vadym Prystaiko warned ‘there is no place for responsible businesses’ in Russia.

The Independent UK · Mar 19, 2022

AP PHOTOS: Day 23: A Ukraine of despair, fear, disbelief

A woman dressed in a dark blue winter coat and black hat presses a white cloth to her mouth as she stands in the street and stares up in disbelief at the blown-out windows and other damage inflicted by a bomb on a residential building in Kyiv.

The Independent UK · Mar 18, 2022

Russia peace talks may last several weeks, Kyiv negotiator says

Peace talks with Russia may last at least “several weeks,” even though there are signs that Moscow’s position has become more “adequate,” said Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to the Ukrainian presidency.

Tribune News Service · Mar 18, 2022

Russian airstrikes outside Lviv bring Ukraine war closer to NATO's eastern flank

LVIV, Ukraine — Russian missiles hit an aircraft repair facility outside this city on Friday, bringing the war closer to a relatively safe haven in western Ukraine — a center for refugees and humanitarian aid — and within miles of the eastern border of NATO.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 18, 2022

Putin will unleash ‘reckless firepower’ in Ukraine as invasion stalls, UK general warns

‘Russia is now pursuing a strategy of attrition’, UK’s chief of defence intelligence says

The Independent UK · Mar 18, 2022

Kyiv residents adapt to monotonous routine in metro shelters

With air raid sirens and the thump of explosions now a familiar night time sound to residents of Kyiv, increasing numbers have taken to sheltering in the city's deep underground metro stations, battling boredom as they wait for what comes next.

Reuters · Mar 18, 2022

Civilians Survive Ukraine Theater Strike as Deadly Fighting Rages

A Russian strike on a theater sheltering civilians in Ukraine's besieged city of Mariupol badly wounded one person but did not kill anyone, authorities said Friday, as deadly fighting raged on elsewhere across the country. Rescuers picked through the rubble to find hundreds of civilians feared trapped in the wreckage…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 18, 2022

India must spotlight Kyiv’s faint offering of hope

New Delhi should note President Zelensky’s constructive rethink and also drop its silence on Ukraine’s suffering

The Hindu · Mar 18, 2022