The Latest Breaking News from Kyiv

Russia has fired two missiles into the Ukrainian capital Kyiv during a visit by the UN secretary-general, with one hitting the lower floor of a residential building and injuring at least three people, the city's mayor says.

Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said the blasts had hit a central part of the city and three people were taken to hospital

President Joe Biden asked Congress on Thursday for an additional $33 billion to help Ukraine fend off Russia's invasion, a signal that the US is prepared to mount a robust, long-term campaign to bolster Kyiv and weaken Moscow as the bloody war enters its third month with no sign of…

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said after talks in Kyiv on Thursday that his organisation was doing all it could to enable the evacuation of a steel plant where fighters and civilians are holed up in the city of Mariupol.

Moscow's offensive in eastern Ukraine gathered momentum as several areas came under heavy shelling Thursday, amid suspicions Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to score a major battlefield success in time for Victory Day, one of Russia's proudest holidays, on May 9. Ukrainian authorities reported intense Russian fire in the Donbas…

Ukraine has asked Bulgaria to repair some of its heavy military machinery at its arms plants, Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said on Thursday after meeting Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelenskiy in Kyiv.

Moscow has accused the United States and its key allies of undermining European security by inciting Ukraine to assault Russia

Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine two months ago, the world has grown used to the sight of the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky. Zelensky’s diplomatic initiatives, initially from hiding in the besieged capital, Kyiv, and more recently in open meetings with a range of world leaders, have made him one…

President’s request includes over $20bn in military aid, $8.5bn in economic aid to Kyiv and $3bn in humanitarian relief

Moscow claims Western military support for Kyiv will ‘provoke instability’ after Putin warns against ‘interference’.

Western powers have ramped up their defence assistance to Kyiv, sending heavy artillery to help its forces push back Russia’s advances.