The Latest Breaking News from Ukraine

After fleeing war in Ukraine last year, these Australian teachers have now returned to Kyiv

Rachel Lehmann Ware and her husband, Duncan, made a chaotic escape from Ukraine with their three cats after the Russian invasion last year. Now the Tasmanian teachers have returned to Kyiv, where lessons are often taught in an air raid shelter.

ABC News · May 1, 2023

US believes Russians in Ukraine have suffered 100,000 casualties in 5 months

The White House on Monday estimated that Russia's military has suffered 100,000 casualties in the last five months in fighting in the Bakhmut region and other areas of Ukraine.

Reuters · May 1, 2023

US says 20,000 Russians killed in Ukraine war since December

The White House says it now estimates that just since December Russia has suffered 100,000 casualties, including 20,000 killed, as Ukraine has rebuffed a heavy-assault in eastern Ukraine

The Independent UK · May 1, 2023

Latest on Ukraine: May Day's another war day as Russia strikes Ukrainian cities

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

WEKU · May 1, 2023

Russia's Prigozhin renews appeal for more ammunition to seize city of Bakhmut

The head of the Wagner private militia on Monday renewed his appeal to Russia's defence ministry to increase ammunition shipments to his fighters trying to seize the city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine.

Reuters · May 1, 2023

Bryansk: Explosion derails train in Russian town near border with Ukraine

No fatalities reported after ‘unidentified explosive device’ went off in Bryansk which is around 40 miles from the border with Ukraine

Evening Standard · May 1, 2023

Vladimir Putin hit by sabotage explosions as train derails before bursting into flames

Regional governor Alexander Bogomaz: "An unidentified explosive device went off in the Unechsky district….on the Bryansk-Unecha railway" as some predict Ukraine are behind it

Daily Mirror · May 1, 2023

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 432 of the invasion

Russian missiles have struck warehouses reportedly storing ammunition at a railway depot in the Ukrainian city of Pavlohrad injuring at least 34 people; Ukraine claims to have shot down 15 of 18 missiles fired overnight

The Guardian - AU · May 1, 2023

Real-life Rapunzel with 6ft-long hair refuses to let daughters cut their locks

Alena Kravchenko, from Odessa, Ukraine, and her daughters Valeria and Miroslava have extremely long hair and often get compliments for it

Daily Mirror · May 1, 2023

Russia says it targeted Ukraine military targets overnight

Russia's defence ministry said on Monday its forces had carried out missile strikes overnight against Ukrainian military sites, including weapons depots and ammunition factories, and that all its designated targets had been hit.

Reuters · May 1, 2023