The Latest Breaking News from Kyiv

Kyiv claims to have captured two North Korean soldiers during fighting in Russia’s Kursk border region

Outgunned Ukrainian forces have slowly lost territory to Russian troops over recent weeks.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was shut out of the discussions concerning the future of his country, which took place in Saudi Arabia on Feb. 18, 2025. In fact, there were no Ukrainian representatives, nor any European Union ones – just U.S. and Russian delegations, and their Saudi hosts.

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The US president’s latest spurious outpourings – not least his suggestions that Volodymyr Zelensky is a ‘dictator’ and that Kyiv is to blame for Russia’s invasion – have further perturbed European leaders. It now falls to Sir Keir Starmer during his visit to Washington next week…

All America’s allies know that Trump is trapped in a disinformation bubble, but Zelenskyy said it out loud

President Donald Trump on Wednesday called Volodymyr Zelenskyy a “dictator without elections,” lashing out after the Ukrainian president said Trump was being influenced by Russian disinformation as he moves to end the Kremlin’s war against Ukraine on terms that Kyiv says are too favorable to Moscow

Donald Trump called Volodymyr Zelensky a ‘dictator’ who ‘refuses to have elections’.

Zelenskyy accuses the US of ending Moscow’s isolation as the US and Russia discuss ending Ukraine war and reviving ties.

The Defence Secretary urged allies to put ‘maximum pressure’ on Vladimir Putin.