The Latest Breaking News from Ukraine

Ukraine war: a fight to the death in Bakhmut with both sides bogged in the spring thaw

With winter coming to a close in Ukraine, Russia is making a series of advances in the eastern Donbas region, with a primary aim of capturing the city of Bakhmut. While the city itself has some (limited) strategic significance as a regional transport hub, neither its symbolic nor material value…

The Conversation · Mar 7, 2023

'Oh my daughter': Volunteer medic, 29, buried in Ukraine

Just over a week ago, Associated Press journalists filmed 29-year-old Yana Rikhlitska as she helped treat wounded soldiers in a field hospital outside the city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine

The Independent UK · Mar 7, 2023

UK will miss out on EU’s ‘massive’ increase in arms spending for Ukraine

Only EU and Norwegian firms will be able to take advantage of joint procurement agreement, says leaked paper

The Guardian - UK · Mar 7, 2023

‘Glory to the hero’: Ukraine vows to find killers of unarmed soldier Tymofiy Shadura

A video shows an unidentified man in uniform being gunned down after showing support for Ukraine

The Independent UK · Mar 7, 2023

Russia’s spring offensive in Ukraine has ‘stalled’, say western officials

Even if Putin’s forces manage to take control of Bakhmut, western officials say it will be a ‘hollow victory’ for Russia’s military under the command of General Valery Gerasimov

Evening Standard · Mar 7, 2023

Unarmed Ukrainian prisoner of war smoking cigarette shot dead by Russian soldiers

Tymofii Shadura is seen smoking a cigarette in a clearing in a forest and says "slava Ukraini" before he is hit with a barrage of gunfire as the assailants are heard shouting abuse at him

Daily Mirror · Mar 7, 2023

Russian mercenary sends truckload of champagne to Ukrainian women in mocking gift

The Kremlin-linked war brute Yevgeny Prigozhin was seen in a video mockingly signing one case of sparkling wine before it was loaded onto a lorry in footage released on Telegram

Daily Mirror · Mar 7, 2023

Poland says it will send 10 more Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine this week

Poland will send 10 more German-made Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine this week, the Polish defence minister said on Tuesday.

Reuters · Mar 7, 2023

Russian court jails defiant activist opposed to Ukraine war for 8.5 years

A Russian opposition activist who used social media to condemn Moscow's war in Ukraine received an eight-and-a-half year jail sentence on Tuesday after a Moscow court found him guilty of spreading false information about the army.

Reuters · Mar 7, 2023

China warns US of ‘conflict and confrontation’ risk over attitude

The US should change its "distorted" attitude towards China or "conflict and confrontation" will follow, China's foreign minister has said.

The New Daily · Mar 7, 2023