The Latest Breaking News from Maksym

Ukraine was the leading country Americans adopted from, but it halted adoptions this year after Russia's invasion. Now many families and children are in limbo.

Ordinary residents describe being held in solitary confinement in occupied territories Moscow wants to absorb into Russia

Russian President Putin raised the idea of adding limits to a U.N.-brokered deal for Ukrainian grain exports via the Black Sea and threatened to halt all energy supplies to Europe if Brussels caps the price of Russian gas.

In eastern Ukraine's Kramatorsk, a few children still can be seen on mostly empty playgrounds as artillery sounds in the distance against Russian invaders

Ukranian family face being turfed out of their home in the UK after moving over following the Russian invasion.

The Hyryk family have been left devastated after dad Maksym and mother Olga, along with their five children and both their mothers, were given the ultimatum on May 11, after securing a home in Hampshire through the Government's Homes for Ukraine scheme

Maksym and Olga Hyryk, along with their five children and both their mothers, are finding it impossible to get a private landlord to take them in despite having more than £20,000

Refugees tell of being forced to strip or witnessing beatings as they seek to enter Russia

Unit of young and old volunteer fighters guard network of trenches built since February invasion

There’s dancing in the garden, and ball games

Tens of thousands of people are trapped in the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol, which has become a grim symbol of Russia’s brutal conflict. Those who fled to nearby Zaporizhzhia tell Bel Trew about the starvation, slaughter, and graves being dug across parks, gardens, and schools