The Latest Breaking News from Kharkiv

Budanov's appointment to lead the office of the president marks an unusual shift, placing a serving intelligence chief at the centre of Ukraine's political and diplomatic coordination.

Zelensky says is ‘10 per cent’ away from deal to end war with Russia but not ‘at any cost’

People torn between craving for peace as conditions worsen and desire to hold strong against Russian military and US

The Ukrainian president published a video Friday from Kupyansk in Kharkiv region, visiting Ukrainian positions less than 2 kilometres away from Russian troops and well within the range of Moscow’s drones and artillery.

Recent incursions into NATO territory and manpower shortages faced by the Ukrainian armed forces have accelerated advances in drone technology. No longer just complementary to traditional warfare, they are a necessity on the frontline against Russia – and increasingly on Europe’s eastern flank.

Seventeen wounded in ‘massive strike’; US-Ukraine statement announces ‘refined peace framework’. What we know on day 1,370

Russian drones struck the Kharkiv region for a third night in a row, and also targeted the western cities of Lviv and Ternopil, prompting Poland to close two airports and deploy jets to secure Polish airspace.

Ukrainian commander says Russian soldiers breaking rules of war in key strategic city

Lviv was struck by missiles and drones on 19 November, damaging key sites but with no casualties. In Kharkiv, 40 were injured by explosive drones.

Video footage shows the aftermath of a deadly Russian strike on Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, which killed three and wounded 10.

Russian forces launched a barrage of drones at Ukraine's Dnipro overnight, injuring two people and damaging the newsroom of public broadcaster Suspilne.