The Latest Breaking News from Ukraine

German porcelain maker faces fragile future due to Ukraine war

For family-owned German porcelain maker Kahla the recent cuts in Russian natural gas supply to Germany and high energy prices due to the Ukraine war pose a looming existential threat.

Reuters · Jun 29, 2022

Ukraine Wins Release of 144 Soldiers in Biggest Prisoner Swap of War

Ukraine on Wednesday carried out its biggest exchange of prisoners of war since Russia invaded, securing the release of 144 of its soldiers, including 95 who defended Mariupol's steelworkers, Ukraine's military intelligence agency said. The majority of the Ukrainians were badly wounded, suffering from gunshot and shrapnel wounds, blast traumas,…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 29, 2022

The Guardian view on Boris Johnson abroad: more indulged than feted

Editorial: The prime minister’s stance on Ukraine is valued by Britain’s allies but cannot fill the void where there should be a European policy

The Guardian - UK · Jun 29, 2022

Ukraine wins release of 144 soldiers in biggest prisoner swap of war

Ukraine on Wednesday carried out its biggest exchange of prisoners of war since Russia invaded, securing the release of 144 of its soldiers, including 95 who defended Mariupol's steelworkers, Ukraine's military intelligence agency said.

Reuters · Jun 29, 2022

Russians Fight to Encircle Ukraine’s Last Eastern Stronghold

Russian forces battled Wednesday to surround the Ukrainian military’s last stronghold in a long-contested eastern province, as shock reverberated from a Russian airstrike on a shopping mall that killed at least 18 in the center of the country two days earlier. Moscow’s battle to wrest the entire Donbas region from…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 29, 2022

‘Turkey got what it wanted’: An Erdogan victory, a poll bump, but little substance in Nato expansion deal

Though hailed as a great victory by Turkey, analysts say only minor concessions were given by Finland and Sweden

The Independent UK · Jun 29, 2022

Ukrainian tennis star blasts Russian and Belarusian players for their ‘silence’

Lesia Tsurenko, from Mykolaiv in southern Ukraine, spoke to journalists during a Wimbledon press conference.

The Independent UK · Jun 29, 2022

IAEA loses transmission from Ukraine's Russian-held nuclear power plant

The U.N. atomic watchdog said on Wednesday it had again lost its connection to its surveillance systems keeping track of nuclear material at the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, Europe's largest, which the watchdog wants to inspect.

Reuters · Jun 29, 2022

Syria to recognize Ukraine’s Luhansk and Donetsk regions

Syria says it has decided to recognize the “independence and sovereignty” of Ukraine’s eastern Luhansk and Donetsk regions and establish diplomatic relations

The Independent UK · Jun 29, 2022

Tsurenko wins all-Ukraine match and backs Wimbledon ban for Russians

Lesia Tsurenko said she backs Wimbledon’s decision to ban Russian players from this year’s tournament after she was met with ‘silence’ on the invasion of her home country by people she considered friends

The Guardian - UK · Jun 29, 2022