The Latest Breaking News from Kyrylo Budanov

Ukrainian intelligence chief Major General Kyrylo Budanov has claimed that there are 'active discussions' about replacing the 70-year-old Russian dictator and that he won't survive the war

In week 35 of the war, Russia was on the defensive as Ukrainian morale remained high.

Germany’s president has arrived in Kyiv for his first visit to Ukraine since the start of Russia’s invasion, a trip that comes amid Moscow’s unsubstantiated warnings about a “dirty bomb” attack and as the conflict enters its ninth month

As much as 40 per cent of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure has been damaged or destroyed

Ukrainian authorities on Monday tried to dampen public fears over Russia’s use of Iranian-built drones on its neighbor by claiming increasing success in shooting down the small aircraft, while talk of a “dirty bomb” attack has added another worrying dimension to the nine-month-old conflict

The Kremlin is standing by its allegation that Ukraine may be preparing to detonate a so-called dirty bomb, which disperses radioactive material, even though Ukraine, the United States, Britain and France have dismissed Moscow’s claim

Russia will slow Ukrainian troops' advance in the south by just two weeks if it blows up the vast Kakhovka dam, but such a move would flood territory occupied by Moscow and lose it a vital water canal for annexed Crimea, Kyiv's military spy chief said.

On Saturday a suspected truck bomb blew up the Kerch bridge - which connects Russia to its annexed territory of Crimea - triggering the Kremlin's 24-hour aerial bombardment of seven Ukrainian cities

In week 32 of the war, Kyiv makes more advances in the east and south while Moscow pulls back forces from Crimea.

The head of Ukraine's military intelligence said on Thursday the percentage of released Ukrainian prisoners of war who had suffered torture while in Russian detention was "rather high".

Ukraine's top military intelligence official said on Wednesday that Russia's military offensive was slowing because of moral and physical fatigue in their ranks and Moscow's "exhausted" resource base.