The Latest Breaking News from Kyiv

Foreign ministry says Kyiv played ‘direct and key role’ after mob stormed planes in search of Israeli passengers

James Cowan, head of the landmine clearance charity The HALO Trust, visits Ukraine to see horror that still envelops the nation

Some artists use paintbrushes. Zhanna Kadyrova uses an AK-47. And for her latest show, she braved unexploded mines to turn the shrapnel-hit roads of a formerly occupied town into astonishing art

Claims drone strike or debris from downed drone has caused fire in oil refinery near Black Sea in Russia

Around 2,000 Ukrainians have taken part in a one-kilometer race in Kyiv, wearing bibs displaying the name of a person instead of a number

UK Ministry of Defence says Russian offensive, which started earlier this month, is leading to large numbers of casualties

Pro-Russian former politician fighting for life in intensive care, official says

White House says Russia is executing soldiers who fail to follow orders; Moscow criticises Ukraine-backed peace talks in Malta

Ukraine’s president tells British PM brigade’s worth of troops lost trying to encircle embattled city; Putin demands action on weapons trafficking

The Russian Army has suffered over 400 casualties a day in a drive to take the city of Avdiivka, Kyiv said

There was some worrying news for Volodymyr Zelensky this week when the US House of Representatives finally elected a new speaker. Mike Johnson, a Republican congressman from Louisiana, has consistently opposed US funding for the Ukrainian war effort. Now he’s the second most powerful man in US politics behind the…