The Latest Breaking News from Donetsk

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov says North Korean leader’s journey to Russia and meeting with Vladimir Putin ‘will be a full-scale visit’

Voting taking place in Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia as well as 54 Russian regions

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday that Kyiv is “ready” to organise elections despite the ongoing war. Earlier, Zelensky said Russian air superiority is 'stopping' his country’s counteroffensive against occupying forces. The remarks came as Russian air strikes killed several people and injured dozens more in eastern Ukraine. Read…

Russian authorities are holding local elections this weekend in occupied parts of Ukraine in an effort to tighten their grip on territories Moscow illegally annexed a year ago and still does not fully control

Update from UK Ministry of Defence comes as Kyiv claims some small gains in the south

The Nobel Foundation said invitations for the 2023 events were extended to all countries with diplomatic missions in Sweden and Norway

Ukraine’s troops appear to be nearing a breakthrough, slowly edging south in the Zaporizhia region.

Igor Strelkov raged against the president after the Wagner mutiny, and could now face years in jail.

Ukrainian special service says it has ‘blocked the illegal actions of Russian hackers who tried to penetrate military networks’

Rescue mission in Ukraine city Pokrovsk after strike by Russian missiles kills seven

Ukrainians in occupied territories who refuse Russian passports face threats, intimidation and possible detention or deportation, Yale study says