The Latest Breaking News from Kyiv

UK and EU diplomats WALK OUT during Russian minister's speech at conference

The pre-recorded speech saw the foreign minister blame Ukraine for the war and claim Kyiv had been seeking to acquire nuclear weapons

Daily Mirror · Mar 1, 2022

Russian progress on Kyiv has ‘stalled’ with units ‘surrendering without a fight’, US official says

Defence official says some Russian units are running out of food and fuel and are ‘surrendering without a fight’

The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2022

Ukrainian musician due to play trad music at Irish bar in Kyiv instead made petrol bombs

Nadia Dobrianska Ukraine’s capital to escape Russian military air strikes

Irish Mirror · Mar 1, 2022

Huge Russian convoy advances on Kyiv as missile hits heart of Kharkiv

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian forces continued to batter targets in Ukraine on Tuesday, striking the embattled nation’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, and assembling a 40-mile-long column of tanks, artillery and other military vehicles outside the capital, Kyiv, in what could be a sign of an imminent assault.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 1, 2022

Huge Russian convoy advances on Kyiv as missile hits heart of Kharkiv

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian forces continued to batter targets in Ukraine on Tuesday, striking government buildings, a television tower and the country’s main Holocaust memorial, and assembling a 40-mile-long column of tanks, artillery and other military vehicles outside the capital, Kyiv, in what could be a sign of an imminent…

Los Angeles Times · Mar 1, 2022

British couple’s ‘absolute nightmare’ stranded in Ukraine while collecting newborn surrogate twins

After 13 years of waiting, it was meant to be the happiest moment of their lives

The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2022

Volunteers praise donation response for Ukraine refugees

The shop is owned by a Ukrainian family who are working with Green Speed delivery service, who are transporting the goods to Poland and on to Kyiv.

The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2022

How big is Ukraine’s air force and what weapons do they have to fight Russia

Ukraine has urged Europe to send more military support amid its fight with Russia

The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2022

Getty condemns cultural 'atrocities' as Ukrainian heritage museum burns

LOS ANGELES — As Ukrainian civilians face the terror of a Russian military barrage advancing on Kyiv, art scholars have begun decrying fallout of another kind: the destruction of the country's cultural heritage, including the apparent burning of the Ivankiv Museum about 50 miles north of the capital.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 1, 2022

Russian move on Kyiv stalled for now, may be rethinking approach- U.S. official

Russia's military move on Kyiv has stalled as its forces face logistics challenges, including a shortage of food for some units, and appear to be reevaluating how to move forward on the city, a senior U.S. defense official said on Tuesday.

Reuters · Mar 1, 2022