The Latest Breaking News from Ukraine

A week after Kakhovka dam collapse, Kyiv says smaller dam along Mokri Yaly river in Donetsk region has been blown up

Ireland were due to play Gabon in an Under-21 friendly in Austria on Tuesday - but the African side decided at late notice not to travel.

Vladimir Putin marked Russia’s national day - held on 12 June - with an award-giving ceremony at the Kremlin

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Ukraine claims to have liberated frontline villages in western Donetsk; cooling ponds at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant are ‘stable and sufficient’

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine: Zaporizhzhia residents braved grey skies and driving rain to visit the banks of the Dnipro, not to relax in riverside bars and resorts, but to contemplate a sea of mud.

Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukrainian ‘counteroffensive operations’ have started

In this week's Focus, we turn to the tense frontier between Russia and Finland. The rapport between these neighbouring nations has soured significantly in the wake of Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine. Historically, their mutual border has been a theatre of confrontation and conflict. Currently, Finland is taking drastic measures…

Ukrainian military officials say their troops have retaken another southeastern village from Russian forces

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As Ukrainian troops probe Russian defenses, Kyiv’s forces face an enemy that has made mistakes and suffered setbacks in the 15-month-old war