The Latest Breaking News from Kyiv

Sheltering in their homes in Kyiv and Baryshivka, Ganna from the Dakh Daughters cabaret troupe and rapper Alyona Alyona speak to us about the cultural sector's role amid the war in Ukraine. The Dakh Daughters' participation in an upcoming theatre production in France is now hanging in the balance; Ganna…

The port city of Mariupol in the south of Ukraine is surrounded by Russian forces. Its population of more than 400,000 is besieged by heavy shelling. “There has been no light, no heat, and no water now for two full days and we have hardly any food left,” one resident told…

A truck carrying six lions, six tigers, two caracals and an African wild dog from a sanctuary east of Kyiv reached Poland on Thursday after a two-day drive to escape the Russian invasion, a Polish zoo official said.

Strathaven dad James Frame will run 31km every week for four weeks to raise funds for the Ukraine Crisis Appeal

Two footballers have already been killed since the invasion began in February

Daria Wood and her husband Chris are sending supplies such as sleeping bags, baby food, nappies and batteries

When Russian President Vladimir Putin announced in the early hours of Feb. 24, 2022, that Russia was beginning military action in Ukraine, he was echoing a tradition older than Russia itself. Throughout history, the practice of issuing statements announcing hostilities has marked the point where conventional politics ends and deadly…

Thermobaric weapons are the most brutal war weapons that exist apart from nuclear weapons, experts say

In late September 1941, tens of thousands of Jews from the city of Kyiv were rounded up by the Germans with the help of Ukrainian militia. They were taken to a place called Babyn Yar, meaning “old woman’s ravine” in Ukrainian. Here, they were forced to strip before being shot…

Countries in Russia’s immediate vicinity have expressed concerns about the invasion of Ukraine

Harrowing pictures of the devastated neighbourhood of Irpin on the outskirts of Kyiv have emerged following a Russian bombing campaign.