The Latest Breaking News from Kyiv

Gunfire was heard close to the government quarters in the centre of Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Saturday morning, a witness told Reuters.

Kyiv officials are warning residents that street fighting is underway against Russian forces, and they are urging people to seek shelter

Up to $350m would be in military aid, while remaining is for ‘overall assistance’

Ukraine has requested additional aid from the IMF following the Russian invasion, the fund's leader Kristalina Georgieva said Friday. The crisis lender has an existing $2.2 billion aid program with Kyiv and "the authorities have also requested IMF emergency financing," Georgieva said in a statement. The fund's board met to…

'Active combat actions are taking place on the streets of Kiev'

Defence forces wage ferocious resistance in the capital as Zelenskiy says ‘we will not lay down our arms’

Larisa Kalik documents the Russian invasion of Ukraine and being forced to leave the city she loves

'Hiding from bombs in the 21st century in your own home is unacceptable'

A defiant President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Kyiv remained under Ukrainian control on Saturday as Russian forces renewed their assault, pounding the capital and other cities with artillery and cruise missiles. A US defense official said Ukraine's forces were putting up "very determined resistance" to the three-pronged Russian advance that has…

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has told the people of Kyiv that he and other members of his government "are here, we are fighting" and that they must "withstand this night"

Central Kyiv is in flames from shelling and gunfire has been heard in the government area as Russian troops close in but they are facing fierce resistance with the Ukraine president saying "we will not put down weapons"