The Latest Breaking News from Kyiv

Ukraine said on Friday it was trying to break Russia's siege of Mariupol as fighting raged around the city's massive steel works and port, and the capital Kyiv was rocked by some of the most powerful explosions in two weeks.

A cemetery worker took a rest from digging fresh graves in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha, as Ukrainians mourned the mounting death toll of Russia’s assault with prayers, flowers and toys left in memory of the dead.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba called on Germany to make a quick decision on weapons delivery to Ukraine, saying Kyiv was counting on Berlin's leading role in Europe.

The Moskva missile cruiser was destroyed my Ukrainian missiles, Kyiv claimed, but Russia's main TV channels and media avoided referencing the embarrassing defeat for Vladimir Putin

As forecast, the focus of hostilities in Ukraine has shifted away from Kyiv and the north towards the south and east of the country where Russia is expected to launch an offensive any day now. In addition to the siege of the port city of Mariupol, where Ukrainian marines are…

Photographer Alexander Glyadyelov has covered conflicts all over the world. But now the battlefield is his own country, Ukraine, and the frontline his home city of Kyiv. The award-winning photographer speaks to us from the Ukrainian capital about documenting the consequences of the Russian invasion, including harrowing scenes involving civilian…

Sasha Ivanov, 18, an aspiring neurosurgeon, was killed trying to help his grandparents. It was not the end of the family’s ordeal

Mr Coveney was speaking during a visit to Kyiv on Thursday.

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia’s flagship in the Black Sea has suffered “significant damage,” the Russian defense ministry acknowledged Thursday, as Ukraine said it attacked the vessel with a shore-to-ship missile.