The Latest Breaking News from Kyiv

The Kremlin has dialed back plans for a further offensive in Ukraine this spring after failing to gain much ground and will focus on blunting a new push by Kyiv’s forces expected to begin soon.

A total of 17 youngsters were snatched by Vladimir Putin's forces and hauled off to Russia-held Crimea after being told by their cruel captors that their families had abandoned them

Former president also warns Moscow will use ‘absolutely any weapon’ if Kyiv attempts to retake Crimea

Russia's defense ministry said on Friday that the use of depleted uranium shells in Ukraine would harm Ukrainian troops, the wider population and negatively affect the country's agriculture sector for decades or even centuries. Russia has reacted furiously to plans outlined by Britain earlier this week to send shells containing…

Russian ex-President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday that Russia was not planning to enter into a direct conflict with NATO and was interested in resolving the Ukraine crisis through talks, the Interfax news agency reported. However, he warned that any Ukrainian attempt to take the Crimean peninsula - which Moscow…

At an unassuming industrial estate in northern Ukraine, two former Microsoft executives and a team of engineers are producing military drones that can travel over long distances and carry large payloads.

The United Nations said Friday it was “deeply concerned” by what it described as summary executions of prisoners of war carried out by Russian and Ukrainian forces on the battlefield. Earlier in the day, Russia’s former President Dmitry Medvedev said Russian forces may have to advance as far as Kyiv…

Mission says it documented some 40 summary executions in 13 months; Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland agree plan to counter Russian threat

Ukraine president’s comments on need for weapons represents an unusually open display of frustration with EU leaders.

Russian forces attacked northern and southern stretches of the front in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region on Friday, even as Kyiv said Moscow's assault was flagging near the city of Bakhmut.

Ukrainian troops will launch a long-awaited counter assault "very soon" now that Russia's offensive in Bakhmut is losing steam, Ukraine's top ground forces commander says.