The Latest Breaking News from Kyiv

Retired Ukrainian Boxer Wladimir Klitschko Condemns Vladimir Putin

The Ukrainian boxing great sent a lengthy statement from Kyiv.

Sports Illustrated · Feb 24, 2022

Air India flight returns midway after Ukraine closes airspace

182 Indian nationals made it to Delhi on a Ukraine Airlines flight that left Kyiv hours before the ban

The Hindu · Feb 24, 2022

'Feeling huge explosions as Russia invaded Ukraine was surreal and terrifying'

Mirror reporter Andy Lines is in Kyiv, Ukraine. He counted 20 explosions as Russia targeted military establishments on the city's outskirts before 7am this morning after Vladimir Putin ordered an invasion

Daily Mirror · Feb 24, 2022

Russian forces have advanced closer to Kyiv- U.S. defense official

Russian forces are making advances on Ukraine's capital Kyiv and Moscow has continued to flow forces into the country, a senior U.S. defense official said on Thursday.

Reuters · Feb 24, 2022

Russia wants to block Kyiv, create land corridor to Crimea and Transdniestria, Kyiv says

Ukraine's military said on Thursday that Russian forces aimed to block the Ukrainian capital Kyiv while creating a land corridor on the southern coast towards the annexed Crimea peninsula and the Transdniestria region of Moldova.

Reuters · Feb 24, 2022

Ukraine death toll hits 137 with 316 wounded as Russian assault intensifies

More than 100 people have died less than one day into Putin’s assault

The Independent UK · Feb 24, 2022

Ukrainians awoke to sound of explosions but by the time sirens of war sounded, it was almost too late to leave

As residents awoke to the sound of distant explosions, their worst fears had been realised: The beautiful, historic and energetic capital of Ukraine was under attack by Russian rockets.

ABC News · Feb 24, 2022

Sean Penn in Ukraine to film documentary on Russian invasion

The actor and humanitarian has been meeting with Ukrainian officials and military in Kyiv

The Guardian - US · Feb 24, 2022

‘Putin thinks he’s God’: Russian invasion echoes Nazi invasion of Poland in 1939, Ukrainians in UK warn

Ukrainians living in London call on British government and other western powers to support Kiev

The Independent UK · Feb 24, 2022

Airstrikes at dawn as Russia begins ‘war of aggression’ with Ukraine

Ukrainians react with defiance as Vladimir Putin launches biggest attack by one European state against another since second world war

The Guardian - UK · Feb 24, 2022