The Latest Breaking News from Kyiv

Ukrainian schoolgirl killed alongside mother and father in Russian attack

Polina's brother and sister are both in intensive care

Manchester Evening News · Feb 28, 2022

Google Disables Google Maps For Ukraine; Bans Russia Owned RT's Mobile App

Alphabet Inc's (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google temporarily disabled some Google Maps tools for Ukraine, which provide live information about traffic conditions, Reuters reports. After consulting with sources, including regional authorities, Google globally disabled the Google Maps traffic layer and live information. Ukraine faced attacks from Russian forces who invaded the country on February…

Benzinga · Feb 28, 2022

Ukrainian schoolgirl killed along with parents in family car by Russian saboteurs

Polina had been in her last year of primary school, and was travelling in her family car with her parents, and brother and sister, her two siblings remain in hospital

Daily Mirror · Feb 28, 2022

Ukrainian sailor arrested for trying to sink oligarch’s superyacht

Mechanic on Lady Anastasia, owned by Russian arms exporter, sought revenge for attacks on Kyiv

The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2022

Waiting, fearing, singing: A night sheltering in Ukraine

In makeshift shelters and underground railway platforms across Ukraine, families try to protect and make conditions bearable for their young and old amid the bullets, missiles and shells outside

The Independent UK · Feb 28, 2022

Sorting fact, disinformation after Russian attack on Ukraine

Associated Press journalists are documenting military activity across Ukraine, where disinformation is spiking during a Russian ground and air offensive

The Independent UK · Feb 28, 2022

This is not diplomacy… we are at war: Ukrainian MP calls for more Western help

Inna Sovsun has abandoned her home in northern Kyiv and not seen her son for five days.

The Independent UK · Feb 28, 2022

Countries sending arms and aid to Ukraine

Many countries have started to send military or humanitarian aid to Ukraine since Russia invaded last Thursday.

Bangkok Post · Feb 28, 2022

What are thermobaric rockets? New weapon ‘Putin could unleash on Ukraine’

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

The Independent UK · Feb 28, 2022

'Putin is weak when we are together,' says ex-Ukrainian president Poroshenko

Former Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko granted an exclusive interview to FRANCE 24 from the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, just a few kilometres away from Russian troops. Poroshenko, who was in power from 2014 to 2019, welcomed the "growing" Western support for his country, as well as the EU's decision to provide…

France 24 · Feb 28, 2022