The Latest Breaking News from Ukraine

UK skeptical on Macron call for talks, says Ukraine must decide

The U.K. pushed back against a French call for Ukraine to restart peace negotiations with Russia, warning that President Vladimir Putin may simply be seeking a pause in hostilities after suffering a series of military setbacks.

Tribune News Service · Nov 20, 2022

‘I want to become a soldier’: How Ukrainian children’s lives are being torn apart by Russian rockets

While the war in Ukraine continues Russian bomb attacks are damaging children’s upbringing and education – in the very worst cases their lives have been destroyed completely. It is hoped that this can change with the help of Unicef and the international community

The Independent UK · Nov 20, 2022

Ukraine says around 60 Russians killed in long-range shelling attack

Around 60 Russian soldiers were killed in a long-range Ukrainian artillery attack this week, Kyiv said on Saturday, the second time in four days that Ukraine claimed to have inflicted major casualties in a single incident.

Reuters · Nov 19, 2022

Ukraine power supplies are under control, no need to panic -ministry

Ukrainian electricity supplies are under control despite a series of Russian attacks on power-generating infrastructure and there is no need to panic, the energy ministry said on Saturday.

Reuters · Nov 19, 2022

Sunak visits Ukraine to offer major UK air defense package

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pledged the U.K. will provide air defense equipment worth 50 million pounds ($59 million) to help protect Ukrainians from a barrage of Russian strikes on critical infrastructure.

Tribune News Service · Nov 19, 2022

Power boss asks Ukrainians to leave the country to ease burden on damaged energy network

People with somewhere else to go have been advised to leave ‘for three to four months’

The Independent UK · Nov 19, 2022

First Ukrainian passenger train rolls into newly freed Kherson

Jubilant Ukrainians rolled into Kherson by train on Saturday for the first time in more than eight months as residents of the newly liberated southern city greeted them on the platform with flowers and national flags.

Reuters · Nov 19, 2022

US defense secretary blames Putin's war for Poland explosion

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin  says the deadly missile explosion in Poland this week is a consequence of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “war of choice” against Ukraine

The Independent UK · Nov 19, 2022

Russian invasion could be over by Spring, says Ukrainian minister

The Russian invasion of Ukraine could come to an end by Spring, a Ukrainian deputy defence minister has predicted.

Evening Standard · Nov 19, 2022

Polish village remembers missile victim's help for refugees

A Polish man buried on Saturday after being killed this week by a missile near the Ukrainian border had worked hard to shelter Ukrainian refugees in the early days of the war, including in a building meters away from where he died, locals said.

Reuters · Nov 19, 2022