The Latest Breaking News from Oleksandr Syrskyi

Russia’s military presses on for fifth day with shelling so fierce that emergency crews were unable to recover the dead from wrecked buildings

Ukraine’s ground forces commander General Oleksandr Syrskyi says three Russian brigades left with no combat capability.

‘These settlements, at first glance small, were important elements in the enemy's defensive line,’ general says

Ukrainian president praises soldiers as military says ‘powerful damage’ inflicted on Russian forces

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced over $1 billion of new assistance to Ukraine during a visit to Kyiv Wednesday, which he said would help Ukraine’s counteroffensive "build momentum". Blinken’s visit came as a Russian strike on a market in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk…

Spy chief confirms security services’ involvement in July attack and warns similar strikes will follow

‘The enemy fiercely clings to every centimetre, conducting intense artillery and mortar fire,’ commander of Ukraine’s ground forces says

Russian officials say cruise missile shot down near city of Kerch without inflicting damage; Zelenskiy and Andrzej Duda pledge to ‘work together’

Wagner leader’s abortive mutiny was an irrevocable step that may yet have serious consequences

Exclusive: Col Gen Oleksandr Syrskyi details his experience of war and suggests counteroffensive is just gearing up

Exclusive: Head of ground forces says ‘everything is still ahead’ in counteroffensive against Russia