The Latest Breaking News from Iryna Vereshchuk

Ukraine has asked the Vatican to formalize its role facilitating negotiations for the return of Ukrainian children and civilians taken by Russia during the war

Ukrainian military operation in Kursk region aims to secure border regions, provide aid to Russian civilians.

Ukrainian authorities have started evacuating civilians from the recently-liberated areas of the Kherson region and the neighboring province of Mykolaiv, fearing that damage to the infrastructure is too severe for people to endure the upcoming winter, officials said Monday. Residents of the two southern regions, regularly shelled in the past…

Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said the elderly and those affected by Russian shelling would be evacuated first.

Ukraine will soon begin evacuating people who want to leave the recently-liberated southern city of Kherson and the surrounding areas, a senior official announced on Saturday, citing damage done by Russian forces.

Exclusive: Ukraine’s energy minister German Galushchenko tells Bel Trew in Kyiv that Moscow is trying to sow ‘darkness and despair’ with its all-out assault on the country’s power plants

Government tells citizens to wait until spring, amid fears damaged networks ‘will not cope’ as fighting continues

Ukrainians have been warned that blackouts will “only get worse”

Ukrainian official urges refugees to stay abroad amid power cut fears as Russian attacks target energy infrastructure.