The Latest Breaking News from Kyiv

Ukrainian girl who stole hearts singing ‘Let it Go’ in bunker escapes to Poland

Amelia Anisovych spent six days in a bunker in Kyiv before fleeing to Poland to stay with her grandmother

The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2022

Delivery app Glovo to provide humanitarian support in Ukraine

Spanish online delivery platform Glovo has partially resumed operations across 20 Ukrainian cities, including the capital Kyiv, to provide essential services and give humanitarian support, it said on Tuesday.

Reuters · Mar 9, 2022

Ukraine "association plus plus" not EU membership under discussion - EU official

European Union leaders will discuss enhancing Kyiv's links to their single market and connecting Ukraine to their energy grid under ideas for enhanced partnership or "association plus plus", an official said, making clear membership was not an option now.

Reuters · Mar 9, 2022

Ukraine invasion: Why is Kyiv being likened to the ‘next Grozny’?

Boris Johnson warns Vladimir Putin intends to ‘Grozny-fy’ Ukrainian capital

The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2022

Stranded Russian troops could die in -20C cold as tanks turn into ‘iron freezers’

Russian troops stuck in Vladimir Putin’s 40-mile convoy of tanks several miles outside Kyiv are facing a desolate future as conditions threaten to drop to -20C.

Daily Record · Mar 9, 2022

‘Easier to survive outside cities’: Ukraine's countryside offers safe haven from Russian invasion

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has triggered one of the largest population movements in Europe since World War II. As the Ukrainian army is fortifying the cities, many city dwellers have fled to the countryside, where they have discovered a rural population determined to resist for the long term.

France 24 · Mar 9, 2022

Young Ukrainian Dancers, Trapped Abroad, Get Paris Residency

The dancers are torn between body and mind — physically on stage in Paris but in spirit back home in Kyiv. In other circumstances, the Kyiv City Ballet's residency at the Théâtre du Chatelet would be a dream come true, but the stranded company of young dancers feels little but…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 9, 2022

Kyiv confirms opening of humanitarian corridors in a number of Ukrainian cities

Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk confirmed on Wednesday the opening of humanitarian corridors from Enerhodar, Mariupol to Zaporizhia, from Sumy to Poltava and other Ukrainian cities.

Dynamite News · Mar 9, 2022

Kyiv’s suburbs now look like the hellscape of Stalingrad – but we still have hope

Two weeks ago the streets of our Ukrainian capital were buzzing with life – now it’s a ghost city where solidarity is helping us survive, says Illia Ponomarenko, defence and security correspondent for the Kyiv Independent

The Guardian - UK · Mar 9, 2022

Russia Demands US Explain Alleged Bio Labs with Plague and Anthrax in Ukraine

Russia demanded on Wednesday that the United States explain to the world why it had supported what Moscow cast as a military biological program in Ukraine involving deadly pathogens including plague and anthrax. Foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova demanded transparency from Washington over the allegation, which is denied by Kyiv…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 9, 2022