The Latest Breaking News from Mykolaiv

Ukraine proposed adopting neutral status and a 15-year consultation period on the future of Russian-occupied Crimea as long as a complete ceasefire with Russian forces is agreed, negotiators said at the conclusion of peace talks in Istanbul on Tuesday. Despite Russian vows to "radically" reduce military operations near Kyiv and…

Russia promised on Tuesday to scale down military operations around Kyiv and another city but the United States warned the threat was not over as Ukraine proposed adopting a neutral status in a sign of progress at face-to-face negotiations.

Ludmila Lichko wearily cradles her nine-year old son Ivan aboard a crowded train as it pulls out of Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odesa just before midnight and heads south towards the Romanian border, moving away from the war engulfing their country.

Britain's Defence Ministry said on Sunday that Russian forces advancing from Crimea are still attempting to circumvent Mykolaiv as they look to drive west towards Odesa, adding that these forces have made little progress over the past week.

This level of faith among Ukrainians is reportedly the highest amid the Russian invasion so far

A Ukrainian military barracks was targeted in the city of Mykolaiv, with at least 50 bodies pulled from the rubble, according to local media

Olha planned to escape her city when Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine. This is her account of living in a warzone with two children

Ukraine is holding out in the heavily bombarded port city and even as thousands of people try to leave, others are arriving

At a morgue in the shipbuilding city of Mykolaiv, the cost of Russia's invasion can be counted in Ukrainian bodies.