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The Latest Breaking News from Kyiv

Armed with hammers and pistols, Ukrainians wait at barricades for the Russians

At makeshift checkpoints, motley crews of citizens vow to do everything in their power to halt the Russian advance

The Guardian - UK · Feb 26, 2022

People in Ukraine’s capital take cover as Russians approach

Russian troops closed in on Kyiv and skirmishes flared on its outskirts Saturday as Ukraine’s leader vowed to continue battling an invasion that had the country’s people seeking safety underground.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 26, 2022

Putin shunned by world as his hopes of quick victory evaporate

Russian troops facing fierce resistance as Germany abandons its postwar military stance to supply arms to Ukraine

The Guardian - UK · Feb 26, 2022

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Germany makes historic shift on weapons policy to ship Ukraine arms

BERLIN — Germany upended years of policy and agreed to supply Kyiv with weapons and consider ways to shut out Russia from the SWIFT financial messaging system, signaling the depth of outrage in Berlin at Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

Tribune News Service · Feb 26, 2022

British expat in Ukraine vows to protect his family after Russian invasion

Jacques Quigley said his five-year-old son Nikolai understands that something serious is going on. The British man said he is prepared to arm himself to protect his family - and has vowed not to flee

Daily Mirror · Feb 26, 2022

From Putin's late-night speech to Russian troops in Kyiv, here's how the invasion of Ukraine has unfolded

Ukrainians are having to make agonising choices, some are arming themselves and making Molotov cocktails, while others flee. Here's everything you need to know about what's happened since the invasion began.

ABC News · Feb 26, 2022

'Walking around Kyiv is like stepping into a scene from the Second World War'

British journalist Oz Katerji is in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and has been keeping a diary since Russia invaded early on Thursday morning, which he has shared exclusively with the Mirror

Daily Mirror · Feb 26, 2022

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What weaponry is Russia using in the war on Ukraine?

Thermobaric rocket launchers have been seen moving towards Kyiv

The Independent UK · Feb 26, 2022

Ukraine claims victory in Kharkiv as Kyiv's Mayor says no Russians are in the city: As it happened

Ukraine claims a victory in Kharkiv after heavy clashes, while in Kyiv the city's Mayor says there are no Russian troops as a curfew continues.

ABC News · Feb 26, 2022

‘Don’t call it a war’ – propaganda filters the truth about Ukraine on Russian media

Kremlin clamps down on Facebook and threatens to muzzle outspoken independent news outlets

The Guardian - UK · Feb 26, 2022

Vladimir Putin: What’s going on inside his head?

The Russian president’s intentions are now clear. The psychology behind them has been years in the making

The Guardian - UK · Feb 26, 2022

Ukrainian forces fight to hold on to Kyiv amid Russian onslaught

KYIV, Ukraine — Under incongruously bright skies, Ukrainian forces fought fiercely Saturday to protect and maintain control of their country’s capital from Russian troops as sporadic explosions and gunfire shook parts of the city and an apartment tower took a direct hit from a shell.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 26, 2022

Ukraine official says about 3,500 Russian troops killed or injured

An adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday Russia's attack on Kyiv was not advancing and that around 3,500 Russian soldiers had been killed or injured so far in Moscow's assault on Ukraine.

Reuters · Feb 26, 2022

Russian forces have changed strategy to target civilians, says Ukrainian MP

‘We know that his strategy now includes firing at women and children, at the vulnerable, to cause panic, to cause havoc, and to make people give in,’ says Lesia Vasylenko

The Independent UK · Feb 26, 2022

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Tribune News Service · Feb 26, 2022

Putin ramps up Ukraine invasion pronouncing peace talks dead

Russian President Vladimir Putin snuffed out any immediate hope of diplomacy to end the fighting in Ukraine and ordered Russia’s military advance to proceed, as Germany joined Western nations in rushing aid to help the government in Kyiv defend itself.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 26, 2022

Zelenskiy’s Unlikely Journey from Comedy to Ukrainian Hero

When Volodymyr Zelenskiy was growing up in southeastern Ukraine, his Jewish family spoke Russian and his father once forbade the younger Zelenskiy from going abroad to study in Israel. Instead, Zelenskiy studied law at home.

Reuters · Feb 26, 2022

Streets quiet in Kyiv, city reeling from night of fighting

Soldiers picking through charred debris scattered near the smouldering remains of a truck and a few civilians taking fresh air before a curfew were among scarce signs of life in Ukraine's capital on Saturday, after a second night of artillery barrages.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 26, 2022

Biden Approves $350 Million in Military Aid for Ukraine

President Joe Biden instructed the US State Department to release up to an additional $350 million worth of weapons from US stocks to Ukraine on Friday as it struggles to repulse a Russian invasion. In a memorandum to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Biden directed that $350 million allocated through…

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Chronicle Live · Feb 26, 2022

'We hear missiles all around us': South Shields couple kept apart as wife trapped in Ukraine under Russian invasion

Ludi has not been able to flee Kyiv because of Russian forces 'circling' the city as the invasion reaches it's third day

The Guardian - UK · Feb 26, 2022

How Ukrainian defiance has derailed Putin’s plans

It’s too early to describe the Kremlin operation as a failure, but it has not succeeded yet in its mission to seize and subjugate its neighbour

The Guardian - UK · Feb 26, 2022

Fear, darkness and newborn babies: inside Ukraine’s underground shelters

As war rages above ground, Ukrainians have sought safety in metro stations and basements

The Independent UK · Feb 26, 2022

Milla Jovovich says she is ‘torn in two’ by conflict in Ukraine

The model, who was born in Kyiv, spent her early years in Russia

The Independent UK · Feb 26, 2022

Russia moves weapons capable of inflicting mass casualties into position, claim intelligence officials

Exclusive: Officials in the west are anxious that Russia could turn to weapons capable of inflicting heavy casualties, reports Kim Sengupta in Kyiv

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 26, 2022

Chechen Leader, a Close Putin Ally, Says His Forces Have Deployed to Ukraine

Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Russia's Chechnya region and an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, said on Saturday that Chechen fighters had been deployed to Ukraine and urged Ukrainians to overthrow their government. In a video posted online, Kadyrov boasted that Chechen units had so far suffered no losses…

The Hindu · Feb 26, 2022

First flight arrives with 219 Indians

Centre launches Operation Ganga to bring back citizens stranded in Ukraine via Romania, Hungary

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