The Latest Breaking News from Ukraine

Zelenskiy says success of Ukraine's soldiers "not limited to Lyman"

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that the success of the country's soldiers is not limited to the recapture of Lyman.

Reuters · Oct 2, 2022

White House's Sullivan meets Ukraine's Yermak in Istanbul, pledges U.S. support

U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan met with Andriy Yermak, the head of Ukraine's presidential office, in Istanbul on Sunday and pledged Washington's steadfast support for Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity, the White House said.

Reuters · Oct 2, 2022

Chief Putin critic clinches key election victory in Latvia

Latvian Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins, a staunch critic of Vladimir Putin, won a decisive victory in general elections as voters punished a party backed by ethnic Russians.

Tribune News Service · Oct 2, 2022

Mahatma Gandhi, the peacemaker

Gandhi considered the problem of peace as an ethical, rather than political, issue

The Hindu · Oct 2, 2022

Russia's millionaires dying in 'epidemic of murder' to fund Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine, says campaigner

Russia's elite businessmen are dying in more and more suspicious circumstances. Human rights campaigner Bill Browder suspects the hand of the man in the Kremlin.

ABC News · Oct 2, 2022

U.S. and Turkish officials discuss Ukraine and NATO in unannounced meeting

U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan met with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's chief adviser Ibrahim Kalin in Istanbul on Sunday and discussed "progress on NATO accession for Finland and Sweden", the White House said in a statement.

Reuters · Oct 2, 2022

Vladimir Putin 'highly unlikely' to use nuclear weapons but is 'totally irrational', Defence Secretary says

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace will join a crisis meeting of European nations after the Nord Stream pipelines suffered damage

Wales Online · Oct 2, 2022

Another defeat in Ukraine undermines Putin’s ‘forever’ goals

A new operational defeat for Russia’s forces — this time in a strategic eastern Ukrainian town — casts further doubt on the “forever” annexation of four occupied regions by President Vladimir Putin.

Tribune News Service · Oct 2, 2022

Body of aid volunteer Paul Urey returned from Ukraine to UK

Family members raised £9,000 for repatriation after Foreign Office said it was unable to pay transport costs

The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2022

Russian propaganda TV airs chilling footage of huge explosions 'in anticipation of nuclear conflict'

The title of the programme appears to suggest there could be nuclear conflict in the near future and comes as Chechnya leader Ramzan Kadyrov calls for Putin to consider using "low-yield" nuclear weapons in Ukraine

Daily Mirror · Oct 2, 2022