The Latest Breaking News from Kryvyi Rih

As Russia vows to make the region’s main city a ‘fortress’, two evacuees tell of the long months with war on their doorstep

Russia's Defence Ministry said on Saturday that Russian troops fighting in the Mykolaiv, Kryvyi Rih and Zaporizhzhia regions of southern Ukraine could receive all the supplies they needed via existing land and sea corridors, after a bridge linking Russia to Crimea was badly damaged by a blast.

Residents have been ordered to evacuate after a dam was destroyed as cruise missiles hit Volodymyr Zelensky’s home town of Kryvyi Rih.

The southern Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih faced rising water levels in the Inhulets River on Wednesday after Russia fired eight cruise missiles at local infrastructure, an official said.

Tatiana Afanasieva dreams of returning to Ukraine from her life of exile in Poland, but even though her neighbours back home in Kryvyi Rih tell her Russian shelling there has stopped, she is too afraid.

The club have refused to leave their tough, plain-speaking city in order to provide a symbol of resistance for their proud fans

Studying in Kryvyi Rih in the 1990s, Ukraine’s wartime leader often skipped class to focus on his standup

Ukraine said on Thursday it had been forced to cede some territory in the east of the country in the face of a Russian offensive, and the head of the NATO military alliance said Moscow must not be allowed to win the war.

The United Nations' nuclear watchdog says safety principles at a Russian-controlled power plant in Ukraine "have been violated" and urgent steps are needed to avoid a nuclear accident.