Ukraine

NATO chief: Ukraine’s path to alliance still ‘irreversible’

Ukraine’s path to join NATO is still “irreversible” despite the Trump administration’s public proclamations that the war-torn country will not join the military alliance, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said at…

Read More Here

Russian drone and missile attacks in and around Kyiv

Russian drone and missile attacks in and around Kyiv overnight killed five people, injured scores, sparked fires in residential areas and damaged an entrance to a metro station that serves…

Read More Here

G7 Summit ends without Ukraine statement as Trump balks at tough Russia stance

The 2025 G7 summit concluded without a joint declaration on Ukraine — and without the U.S. president in the room. Despite early hopes among delegates for unified language, U.S. President…

Read More Here

Russia attacks Kyiv with waves of drones, missiles

Waves of Russian drones and missiles struck districts across the Ukrainian capital Kyiv early on Tuesday, damaging an apartment building, sparking fires and injuring up to 16 people, city officials…

Read More Here

Putin launches biggest ever drone attack at Ukraine

Kyiv said Russia unleashed its largest drone attack since 2022 in the early hours of Monday morning as President Vladimir Putin shows no sign of scaling back his all-out war on Ukraine. Kremlin forces…

Read More Here

Intense Russian air attack on Ukraine’s capital

Russia mounted an intense missile and drone barrage of the Ukrainian capital overnight, killing at least four people, according to Ukrainian officials, and sending powerful explosions reverberating across the city.…

Read More Here

Russia and Ukraine fail again to agree ceasefire but commit to prisoner swap

A second round of direct peace talks between Russia and Ukraine have ended without a major breakthrough, and only a deal to swap more prisoners of war. Ukrainian negotiators said…

Read More Here

Ukraine claims drone attack hit 40 Russian bombers as talks set to resume in Turkey

Ukraine launched a "large-scale" drone attack deep into Russian territory that security officials claim destroyed 40 military bombers as it gears up for another round of talks in Istanbul to…

Read More Here

Ukrainian drones damage hospital, homes in Russia’s Kursk

Ukrainian drones launched a night-time attack on Russia's western Kursk region, damaging a hospital and apartment buildings and injuring at least one person, the regional governor said early on Friday.…

Read More Here

Germany and Ukraine reach deal for long-range weapons production

Ukraine and Germany have agreed to future military cooperation in which Berlin will help finance long-range weapons production on Ukrainian soil. The deal came as Zelenskyy warned that Russia had…

Read More Here

Putin, for Ukraine peace, wants a pledge to halt NATO enlargement

President Vladimir Putin's conditions for ending the war in Ukraine include a demand that Western leaders pledge in writing to stop enlarging NATO eastwards and lift a chunk of sanctions…

Read More Here

Trump says Putin is ‘playing with fire’ as Russia makes gains in Ukraine

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said Vladimir Putin was "playing with fire" by refusing to engage in ceasefire talks with Kyiv as Russian forces made gains in Ukraine's northeast.…

Read More Here

Ukraine can now use Western long-range weapons against targets in Russia, says German Chancellor

Western allies are no longer placing limits on how Ukraine can use long-range weapons provided to them, including strikes on Russian military targets, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Monday. Speaking…

Read More Here

Italy PM says pope confirmed willingness to host Ukraine peace talks

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said in a statement that Pope Leo had confirmed during a phone call with her his willingness to host in the Vatican the next round…

Read More Here

Trump says Russia, Ukraine agree to immediate ceasefire talks

Donald Trump said after his call on Monday with President Vladimir Putin that Russia and Ukraine will immediately start negotiations for a ceasefire, but the Kremlin said the process would…

Read More Here

UPDATED: Putin’s no-show in Turkey throws Ukraine talks into disarray

Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a second-tier team of negotiators to hold peace talks with Ukraine in Turkey on Thursday, spurning Kyiv's challenge to go there in person to meet…

Read More Here

Ukraine’s Zelenskiy says only meeting Putin face-to-face can deliver peace

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday he wanted to negotiate an unconditional 30-day ceasefire face-to-face with Vladimir Putin at this week's talks in Istanbul because only the Russian leader…

Read More Here

Zelenskyy challenges Putin to meet in person for peace talks

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has challenged Vladimir Putin to meet in person for peace talks in Istanbul on Thursday, in a dramatic gambit after a weekend of diplomatic flurry. His comments came…

Read More Here

Ukraine says Russia violating its own 3-day ceasefire, calls it a ‘farce’

Ukraine's foreign minister said on Thursday Russia had repeatedly violated its own 3-day ceasefire hours after it began and called the initiative a "farce", while Moscow said Kyiv had continued…

Read More Here

Ukraine’s cities quiet as Kremlin-sponsored ceasefire kicks in

A three-day ceasefire declared by Russia came into effect on Thursday morning with skies over Ukraine's major cities quiet, in a change from successive nights of heavy attacks by Russian…

Read More Here

Ukraine launches drone attack targeting Moscow, mayor says

Russia's air defence units destroyed four Ukrainian drones flying towards Moscow, the mayor of the Russian capital said early on Monday. According to preliminary reports, there were no injuries or…

Read More Here

North Korea confirms troop deployment to Russia

North Korea confirmed for the first time on Monday that it had sent troops to fight for Russia in the war in Ukraine under orders from leader Kim Jong Un…

Read More Here

Valuable Dialogue: Zelenskyy and Trump Meet in Rome

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy engaged in conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday morning in Rome, marking the two leaders' initial interaction following their unfortunate meeting at the White…

Read More Here

Zelensky and Trump meet inside St Peter’s Basilica

U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy, in Rome for the funeral of Pope Francis, met one-on-one in a marble-lined Vatican basilica on Saturday to try to revive…

Read More Here

Zelenskiy cuts short S.Africa trip after Russian strike on Kyiv

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he would cut short a trip to South Africa on Thursday and return to Kyiv following a Russian missile attack on the Ukrainian capital. Zelenskiy, who has…

Read More Here

Trump and Zelensky clash again and US warns it could abandon Ukraine talks

U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky clashed again on Wednesday on efforts to end the three-year-old war in Ukraine, with the U.S. leader chiding Zelensky for refusing to recognize Russia's…

Read More Here

Kyiv, half of Ukraine under air raid alerts hours after one-day Russia ceasefire ends

Ukraine issued air raid alerts for Kyiv and the country's eastern half as blasts shook the city of Mykolaiv early on Monday, authorities said, hours after the one-day Easter ceasefire…

Read More Here

NATO’s Rutte, in Odesa, declares ‘unwavering’ support for Ukraine

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte visited the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Tuesday and declared "unwavering" support for Ukraine in the aftermath of a deadly…

Read More Here

Russian missile strike kills dozens in Ukrainian city of Sumy

At least 34 people have been killed and more than 100 injured in a Russian ballistic missile strike in the Ukrainian city of Sumy as people were going to church…

Read More Here

UPDATED: EU’s Kallas: EU countries committed over 23 bln euros for Ukraine so far in 2025

European countries have so far committed over 23 billion euros ($26.13 billion) for Ukraine military aid this year, a higher amount than last year, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas…

Read More Here

British troops could be deployed in Ukraine for five years

Britain is considering deploying troops to Ukraine for five years under plans being discussed by allies, The Telegraph reported on Friday, citing unnamed sources. Under the plan, one of a…

Read More Here

Ukraine says more than 150 Chinese mercenaries are fighting for Russia in Ukraine

Ukraine expanded on its claim that significant numbers of Chinese nationals are fighting for Russia’s invading army, saying it had gathered detailed intelligence on more than 150 mercenaries Moscow allegedly…

Read More Here

Chinese nationals captured fighting for Russia in Ukraine

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that Ukrainian forces had captured two Chinese men fighting for Russia in eastern Ukraine, potentially threatening a fragile peace effort in the three-year-old war. Beijing is…

Read More Here

Zelensky confirms Ukraine troops in Russia’s Belgorod region

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has publicly acknowledged for the first time that his troops are active in Russia's Belgorod region. "We continue to carry out active operations in the border…

Read More Here

Russia open to security guarantees for Ukraine ‘in some form’

Russian negotiator Kirill Dmitriev said Thursday that some type of security guarantees for Ukraine “may be acceptable” following high-level talks at the White House in an attempt to revive stalled…

Read More Here

Russian forces unleash hour-long drone barrage on Ukraine’s Kharkiv

Russian forces unleashed an hour-long barrage of drones on Kharkiv, Ukraine's second city, late on Wednesday, triggering a number of fires but causing no casualties in the second such attack…

Read More Here

Macron says European troops in Ukraine would deter Russia

French President Emmanuel Macron has sketched out his vision for a potential deployment of European troops in Ukraine, emphasizing that their role would be to secure key cities and bases…

Read More Here

What we know about Thursday’s ‘Coalition of the Willing’ summit for Ukraine in Paris

The meeting takes place as the United States announced that it had brokered a truce between Russia and Ukraine in the Black Sea. World leaders will gather in Paris on…

Read More Here

Russia and Ukraine agree naval ceasefire in Black Sea

Russia and Ukraine have agreed to a naval ceasefire in the Black Sea in separate deals with the US, after three days of peace talks in Saudi Arabia. Washington said…

Read More Here

Zelenskyy urges pressure on Russia as US-Ukraine talks begin

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday called on Ukraine's allies to apply new pressure on Moscow to stop the war. The call came after nearly 150 Russian drones targeted Kyiv and…

Read More Here

Zelenskiy says energy strike ceasefire with Russia could be established quickly

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that a halt on energy strikes in the war with Russia could be established quickly, and that Ukraine would respond in kind if Moscow violated…

Read More Here

UK says a ‘significant number’ of nations ready to provide troops for Ukraine peace

A "significant number" of countries are willing to provide peacekeeping troops in Ukraine in the event of a peace deal with Russia, a spokesperson for British Prime Minister Keir Starmer…

Read More Here

What’s so special about Ukraine’s minerals? A geologist explains

By Munira Raji, Research Fellow of Geology, University of Plymouth Ukraine’s minerals have become central to global geopolitics, with the US president, Donald Trump, seeking a deal with Ukraine’s president…

Read More Here

Cautious optimism expressed on Ukraine ceasefire

Russia on Friday said President Vladimir Putin had sent "additional" signals to counterpart Donald Trump about a Washington-proposed ceasefire in Ukraine, adding it was "cautiously optimistic" about the prospect of…

Read More Here

Russia close to ejecting Ukrainian forces from Kursk

Russia's operation to eject Ukrainian forces from the western Russian of Kursk has entered its final stage, state news agency TASS reported on Thursday citing Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. Russia’s…

Read More Here

Everything we know about Ukraine accepting 30-day ceasefire deal after US talks in Saudi Arabia

Ukraine has accepted Donald Trump’s proposal for a 30-day ceasefire with Russia during crunch talks in Saudi Arabia in which the US agreed to lift its pause on intelligence sharing…

Read More Here

US resumes military aid to Ukraine after Saudi ceasefire talks

The United States will immediately lift the pause in intelligence sharing and resume security assistance to Ukraine, according to a joint statement issued after a meeting of the Ukrainian and U.S. delegations…

Read More Here

Ukraine launches largest drone attack on Moscow

Ukraine launched its largest drone attack on Moscow on Tuesday, killing two workers at a meat warehouse, injuring 18 others, and briefly shutting down the city's four airports, Russian officials…

Read More Here

Kyiv seeks more information about Meloni proposal for security guarantees

Kyiv said it was asking Italy for more information about a proposal by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to extend NATO's mutual defence umbrella to Ukraine without offering it alliance membership…

Read More Here

Ukraine uses French Mirage jets for first time in repelling massive Russian attack

Ukraine's military used Mirage 2000 jets provided by France to repel a Russian attack for the first time, deploying the aircraft overnight against Moscow's latest barrage of missiles and drones.…

Read More Here

What we know about the US decision to cut intelligence sharing with Ukraine

The CIA says the US has stopped sharing intelligence with Ukraine, less than a week after a bust-up between Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The announcement came just…

Read More Here

Turkey ready to send troops to Ukraine ‘if needed’

Turkey would be ready to deploy troops to Ukraine as part of a broader peacekeeping mission if needed, a Turkish defence ministry source said on Thursday. “The issue of contributing…

Read More Here

Ukraine, US plan new talks after Trump pauses military and intelligence support

Ukraine said it planned to hold new talks with the United States after Washington suspended its intelligence sharing, delivering a fresh blow to Kyiv as it battles Russia's invasion. Ukrainian…

Read More Here

Which European countries would take part in a ‘coalition of the willing’ for Ukraine?

France and the UK have floated the idea to send troops on the ground as a guarantee after a potential peace deal. However, so far, not many countries appear to…

Read More Here

Ukraine’s Zelenskiy says he can salvage relationship with US

Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he believed he could salvage his relationship with U.S. President Donald Trump after their explosive meeting in the Oval Office, but that talks needed to continue…

Read More Here

UK, European leaders join forces to draft Ukraine peace plan to take to US

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Sunday European leaders had agreed to draw up a Ukraine peace plan to present to the United States, a vital step for Washington…

Read More Here

Trump says peace deal in Ukraine to happen ‘fairly soon’ or not at all

US President Donald Trump says talks to end Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine are "very well advanced" and warned that that there is only a narrow window to broker a…

Read More Here