The Latest Breaking News from Ukraine

The UK cities bidding to host Eurovision in 2023 and where contest has been held before

Manchester and Sheffield are among the cities hoping to host the Eurovision Song Contest next year

Manchester Evening News · Jul 25, 2022

Ukraine grain exports set to start as Kyiv says US-supplied arms have slowed Russia

Grain exports to begin this week despite Russian attack on Odesa 12 hours after signing agreement

The Guardian - UK · Jul 25, 2022

Slovakia may consider giving Ukraine Russian-built warplanes

Slovakia's defense minister says his country may consider donating its Soviet-era warplanes to Ukraine

The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2022

Putin’s attack on the grain deal was despicable. It also shows he’s desperate

For the deal to work and global food supplies to get moving again, Ukraine’s ports and ships need Nato protection, says Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, a chemical and biological weapons expert

The Guardian - UK · Jul 25, 2022

Brutal Russian warlord in chilling threat to West as he issues brutal ultimatum

Russian warlord and head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov has called upon people in the West to topple their governments or face being cut off from Russian gas

Daily Mirror · Jul 25, 2022

U.N. World Food Programme optimistic on Ukraine grain export deal

The World Food Programme (WFP) said it was optimistic about a U.N.-brokered deal to reopen Ukrainian ports for grain exports but warned the agreement alone will not solve the global food crisis even if it is implemented effectively.

Reuters · Jul 25, 2022

Everything we know so far about Eurovision 2023 and how the host city will be chosen

Organisers have said that Ukraine will be honoured throughout the contest.

Evening Standard · Jul 25, 2022

Shakhtar Donetsk chief hits out at agents "making themselves rich" from Ukraine invasion

Shakhtar Donetsk Chief Executive Sergei Palkin claims that FIFA's decision over non-Ukraine players has allowed agents to "make themselves richer" following Russia's invasion

Daily Mirror · Jul 25, 2022

Lavrov’s African tour another front in struggle between west and Moscow

Analysis: Foreign minister seeks to win friends and influence people in countries where closeness can be traced back to USSR

The Guardian - UK · Jul 25, 2022

Long-range guns given to Ukraine open door to new phase of war

The war in Ukraine may be entering a new stage as long-range rocket systems supplied by the U.S. disrupt Russia’s grinding advance in the eastern Donbas region, and open the door for a possible counteroffensive.

Tribune News Service · Jul 25, 2022