The Latest Breaking News from Ukraine

Analysis: Ukraine rolls back 6 months of Russian gains in 5 weeks

Assessment of Ukraine’s counteroffensive suggests it has retaken 253sq km (98sq miles) of its territory since June.

Al Jazeera · Jul 12, 2023

Watch: Joe Biden holds news conference after Nato leaders summit

Watch as Joe Biden holds a news conference following talks at the Nato summit on Wednesday, 12 July.

The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2023

‘Three times the Soviet-Afghan war’: New data sheds light on scale of Russian deaths in Ukraine

Close to 50,000 Russian soldiers have died in the invasion of Ukraine, according to the first independent statistical analysis of the country’s war dead – a joint effort by independent Russian media and a German-based data scientist that uses Russian data to shed light on one of Moscow’s most closely…

France 24 · Jul 12, 2023

Rishi Sunak distances himself from Defence Secretary’s Ukraine comments

Ben Wallace had suggested Kyiv should show gratitude for assistance from allied countries.

The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2023

Article 5: NATO's common defense pledge that stands in the way of Ukraine's admission while at war

Ukraine may have gotten support and vague assurances from NATO leaders in Vilnius this week, but ultimately it received no clear commitment that it will be joining the club any time soon

The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2023

Ben Wallace accused of ‘scolding’ Ukraine over demands for weapons: ‘We’re not Amazon’

Zelensky asks if Wallace ‘wants something special’ after defence secretary says West wants ‘gratitude’

The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2023

Surovikin: Russian general missing since Wagner mutiny ‘resting’

Surovikin was last seen in a video urging Wagner Group fighters to halt their mutiny last month.

Al Jazeera · Jul 12, 2023

Zelenskiy forced to recalibrate to avert Nato summit falling-out

Ukrainian president’s frustration threatened to overshadow meeting – and did not go unnoticed by other leaders

The Guardian - UK · Jul 12, 2023

Putin provides a shot in the arm for Nato

When Nato held its annual summit in Brussels two years ago, all 31 presidents and prime ministers of the alliance’s member states dutifully showed up, but their hearts weren’t really in it. France’s President Emmanuel Macron had publicly declared Nato “brain-dead” in 2019, and nobody could find a good reason…

Bangkok Post · Jul 12, 2023

Number of people going hungry has risen by 122m since 2019, UN says

Covid pandemic and Ukraine war add to widespread crisis with one in nine people in the world facing severe food insecurity in 2022

The Guardian - UK · Jul 12, 2023