The Latest Breaking News from Ukraine

Boost for Ukraine as US Expected to Send Longer-Range Rockets

News that the United States could soon send rockets nearly doubling the firing range of Ukrainian forces gave Kyiv a big lift on Wednesday, even as its troops were being pushed back by a relentless Russian winter offensive in the east. Two US officials said a new $2 billion package…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 1, 2023

First Thing: World’s biggest fossil fuel firms ‘profited in Myanmar after coup’

Leaked tax records suggest subsidiaries of international gas field contractors continued to make millions after the coup. Plus, the secret life of André Leon Talley

The Guardian - UK · Feb 1, 2023

Kremlin Says Any New Longer-Range US Rockets Will Escalate Ukraine Conflict

The Kremlin said on Wednesday that longer-range rockets reportedly included in an upcoming package of military aid from the United States to Ukraine would escalate the conflict but not change its course. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov also told reporters that there were no plans for Russian President Vladimir Putin to…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 1, 2023

A guard told me, ‘We will shoot you’: Life in a Donetsk prison

A Ukrainian social worker, jailed by Russia-backed separatists and freed in a wartime exchange, tells her story.

Al Jazeera · Feb 1, 2023

Boris Johnson attacks Rishi Sunak's failure to send fighter jets to Ukraine

The ex-Prime Minister used a surprise trip to the US to condemn Rishi Sunak's decision not to arm Kyiv with warplanes - only hours after Downing Street said the idea was 'not practical'

Daily Mirror · Feb 1, 2023

Russia preparing for ‘maximum escalation’, says top Ukrainian security official

Oleksiy Danilov says Moscow has been ‘gathering everything possible’ for a major offensive

Evening Standard · Feb 1, 2023

Boris Johnson criticises Rishi Sunak decision not to give Ukraine fighter jets

‘Give the Ukrainians what they need – get this done’, former PM tells Fox News

The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2023

War's longest battle exacts high price in 'heart of Ukraine'

The longest battle of the war in Ukraine has turned Bakhmut into a ghost city

The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2023

Ukraine’s coming storm: inside the 3 February Guardian Weekly

Who will try to break the deadlocked war first? Plus: the root to curing drug addiction

The Guardian - UK · Feb 1, 2023

Johnson backs calls for West to send fighter planes to Ukraine

The former prime minister said: ‘Save time, save money, save lives. Give the Ukrainians what they need as fast as possible.’

The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2023