The Latest Breaking News from Ukraine

IMF mission starts review of Ukraine's new loan program

An International Monetary Fund mission started work on Tuesday on the first review of a $15.6 billion loan program that it approved in March, the Ukrainian finance ministry said.

Reuters · May 23, 2023

We are closer than ever to arresting Putin, but the US must play its part

This summer will be a crisis point for the Russian president, as demands for action intensify, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brown

The Guardian - UK · May 23, 2023

Ukraine says fighting decreases in Bakhmut, shelling continues around it

Ukraine said on Tuesday fighting had decreased in Bakhmut but shelling continued in the area around it, with its troops keeping a small foothold on the city's edge and Russian forces clearing areas they hold.

Reuters · May 23, 2023

Russia still fending off alleged Ukrainian incursion, reports more drone attacks

An official says the Russian military and security forces are continuing to fend off an alleged incursion by Ukrainian saboteurs first reported a day earlier in a Russian border region

The Independent UK · May 23, 2023

Putin’s security forces attacked inside Russia by anti-regime groups

Vladimir Putin’s security forces came under attack in at least three locations within Russia by anti-regime groups, British defence chiefs said on Tuesday.

Evening Standard · May 23, 2023

Belgorod: the Russian region now part of Putin’s war on Ukraine

On the border with Ukraine, Belgorod has been plagued by unclaimed attacks, explosions and Russian friendly fire since the outbreak of the conflict

The Guardian - AU · May 23, 2023

Training Ukrainians on F-16s does not make NATO 'party to the conflict', alliance says

Training Ukrainian pilots to fly US-built F-16 fighter jets does not make NATO "a party to the conflict", alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday, although he added that it would send the message that NATO is "there for the long term”. Poland's defence minister said later in the day…

France 24 · May 23, 2023

Ukraine courts Africa and 'Global South' as peace plans proliferate

Ukraine's foreign minister began a tour of African countries this week, stepping up wartime Kyiv's diplomatic push to challenge Russian influence in the "Global South" and cement the vision laid out by Ukraine as the only path to peace.

Reuters · May 23, 2023

Russia says it crushes cross-border incursion by 'Ukraine nationalists'

Moscow said on Tuesday it had routed and killed scores of "Ukrainian nationalists" who crossed into Russia from Ukraine after two days of combat, in what appeared to be one of the biggest incursions of its kind of the 15-month-old war.

Reuters · May 23, 2023

Russia and Ukraine are swapping the blame over fighting in the Belgorod region. Here's what we know

So-called Russian partisan groups have taken responsibility for the attacks around Belgorod, while the government blames Ukrainian "saboteurs".

ABC News · May 23, 2023