The Latest Breaking News from Ukraine

Live updates | Russia says it hit base for 'mercenaries'

Russia’s defense ministry says it used air-launched missiles to destroy a military base in central Ukraine where foreign fighters allegedly were being trained

The Independent UK · Jun 9, 2022

Vladimir Putin begins terrifying war games with amphibious soldiers firing underwater

The rival war games come amid the hot conflict in Ukraine, where tens of thousands of lives have been lost on both sides following Putin’s invasion of his neighbouring state

Daily Mirror · Jun 9, 2022

'Danger! mines' - Odesa's popular beaches now off limits

Tourists once flocked to the Ukrainian resort of Odesa to lie on its Black Sea beaches, but the white sands are now covered in mines because of the war with Russia and police officers patrol the boardwalks.

Reuters · Jun 9, 2022

Andreas Kluth: Merkel will enter history as the Neville Chamberlain of our time

There she was again, six months after exiting the German chancellery. Relaxed but pensive after long walks on blustering Baltic shores listening to "Macbeth" on audiobook, Angela Merkel had so much on her mind, so much she wanted to explain for posterity. But she didn’t come to offer apologies or…

Tribune News Service · Jun 9, 2022

Caring Dumfries and Galloway couple step in to help Ukrainian mum and daughter left without sponsors

Larisa Laitan and her daughter Dash were shocked after their host sponsores were rejected by officials

Daily Record · Jun 9, 2022

Thirty years of Maastricht overshadowed by the war in Ukraine

Early in May 2022, French President Emmanuel Macron raised the possibility of a new type of political community that would enable countries outside the EU sign-up to "European core values”.

Radio France Internationale · Jun 9, 2022

No Way Out as Iraq's Dangerous Post-election Impasse Deepens

Eight months after national elections, Iraq still doesn’t have a government and there seems to be no clear way out of the dangerous deadlock. Political elites are embroiled in cutthroat competition for power, even as the country faces growing challenges, including an impending food crisis resulting from severe drought and…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 9, 2022

Ukraine regains some territory in counter-offensive in Kherson area - Defence Ministry

The Ukrainian Defence Ministry said on Thursday that its forces had won back some territory from Russian forces in a counter-offensive in the Kherson area of southern Ukraine.

Reuters · Jun 9, 2022

Ukraine needs assurances on ports to ship grains, Italy's Draghi says

Ukraine needs assurances that its ports will not be attacked in order to ship out grain cargoes, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said on Thursday.

Reuters · Jun 9, 2022

Mayor of Ukraine's Sievierodonetsk says evacuation impossible, 10,000 civilians remain

Ukrainian forces still hold the industrial zone and adjacent areas in the city of Sievierodonetsk, and the situation is "difficult but manageable", Mayor Oleksandr Stryuk said on Thursday.

Reuters · Jun 9, 2022