17 hours ago - On the frozen surface of Kyiv's River Dnipro, men are fishing to take their minds off the war with Russia. ... Ukraine's third largest city has come under sustained attack on its ports in a Russian bid to sap morale.

1 week ago - Crushed by punishing US sanctions, Russia’s Lukoil accepts offer to sell its international business ... Video Trump says contested allegation that Ukrainian drone targeted a Putin residence is ‘not good’ 0:43 · Takeaways from Trump’s meeting with Zelensky in Florida · Zelensky and Trump to meet in Florida after weeks of intensive peace talks ... Trump says end to Ukraine war closer than ever, but US officials caution security guarantee offers won’t last forever

7 hours ago - The president and his Ukrainian counterpart struck an optimistic tone after their latest face-to-face meeting. ... "The big question remains, is Russia really willing to concede or to agree to an honest peace plan?" one analyst told NBC News. ... Russian commanders told Putin during an inspection visit that Moscow's forces had captured towns in Ukraine's eastern region of Donetsk.

4 hours ago - Russia’s invasion of Ukraine started the deadliest war on European soil in more than 70 years.

4 days ago - Earlier this week, Volodymyr Zelenskyy ... wanted 2 million recruits. ... Russia's defence ministry has said its forces have taken control of two settlements along Ukraine's frontlines....

2 weeks ago - Russia has persistently targeted Ukrainian regions using drones and missiles to take out energy and port infrastructure. Andrius Kubilius, the former Lithuanian prime minister turned EU defence chief, says member states have been too slow to ...

In the latest episode of Ukraine This Week, the Kyiv Independent’s Anna Belokur breaks down Russia’s intensified winter assault on Ukraine’s energy grid, as sustained missile and drone strikes push the system to the brink. ... 'Warmth from Poland' — Fundraiser raises $330,000 to buy ...

2 weeks ago - Russia continues to abrade Ukrainian ... in critical infrastructure. But it remains the case that the war will not be decided on the front line, and probably not in Ukraine....

4 weeks ago - On Tuesday, President Volodymyr ... forced Ukraine to cede territory and rule out NATO membership. Mr. Zelensky presented the new proposal as a reasonable compromise to the plan drawn up by Kirill Dmitriev, the special envoy of President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, and Steve Witkoff, President Trump’s special envoy, and unveiled in November. The new blueprint includes the security guarantees Kyiv wants to prevent future Russian aggression, as well as plans to rebuild the war-ravaged ...

3 weeks ago - Ukraine’s air force also announced a countrywide air alert in the early hours of Saturday and said on social media that drones and missiles were moving over several Ukrainian regions, including the capital. Agence France-Presse journalists in Kyiv heard several loud explosions, some accompanied by bright flashes that lit the horizon orange. A military Telegram channel said cruise and ballistic missiles were being deployed in the city. Moscow has accused the EU of trying to “torpedo” an agreement between Russia and Ukraine ahead of a meeting between Zelenskyy and Donald Trump in Florida on Sunday.

August 10, 2025 - US and Russian officials were working on a deal under which Russia would halt its offensive in exchange for the territorial concessions – making it a politically fraught proposal in Ukraine, Bloomberg said. Zelenskyy has responded by speaking with European leaders including the German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, and the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who are key conduits to Trump. Fox News reported on Friday that the meeting could take place at the end of next week.

On February 24, 2022, Russia's Vladimir Putin began a military invasion of Ukraine, creating the largest military conflict and the largest refugee crisis in Europe since World War II.

August 29, 2025 - Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters on Friday that current western proposals for a security guarantee risked turning Ukraine into what she called a "provocateur" on Russia's border. Russia has long argued against any western military presence in a post-war Ukraine.

August 29, 2025 - Ukrainian F-16 warplanes in flight. The US state department has approved the sale of extended-range cruise missiles for Ukraine. Photograph: Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters ... Germany’s Merz says ‘obvious’ Putin won’t agree to meet Zelenskyy; Ukrainian retort to Hungary in Russian oil pipeline row.

September 8, 2025 - Donald Trump has threatened tougher sanctions against Russia after its heaviest aerial bombardment on Ukraine since the war began.

3 hours ago - As the Ukraine war drags, Moscow is transforming the economy of the occupied Donbas region, residents and analysts say. These are the key developments from day 1,420 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.