The Latest Breaking News from Kyiv

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday called on both Ukraine and Russia to de-escalate their conflict in order to “settle” the war in Ukraine. Ramaphosa is one of a group of African leaders that arrived in the Ukrainian capital earlier on Friday as air raid sirens sounded and explosions…

A delegation of four African heads of state are headed to Kyiv and Saint Petersburg to meet President Volodymyr Zelensky and President Vladimir Putin, in the latest in a series of mediation efforts aimed at ending the war between Russia and Ukraine.

US General Mark Milley says Ukraine making ‘steady progress’ in counteroffensive that is ‘very violent’ and costly.

Russian missiles were ‘a message to Africa,’ says Ukrainian foreign minister

Lauren Roberts and Iryna Nemyrovych discussed the latter's experience of pregnancy in a warzone during the videocall

A Russian Volunteer Corps fighter is remembered as a ‘brave warrior’ at a funeral in Kyiv, as Ukraine treads carefully.

After months of speculation about when Ukraine’s long-anticipated counteroffensive will begin, we now have an answer: right now. Tens of thousands of Ukrainian troops, many of them trained at military bases in Europe and outfitted with heavy Western armor, are now launching simultaneous operations at several points along the 600-mile-long…

Sofia Tepla completed 21 contortion roll push-ups on March 11, in Kyiv, Ukraine, at the age of 12.

NATO Security General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday alliance members must ensure Ukraine keeps getting enough arms to pursue its counter-offensive against Russia as Kyiv sustains losses in its long-awaited counter-offensive.

Ukraine says its forces recaptured 100sq km, but Russia’s President Putin says counteroffensive attacks failed.

Meanwhile, Kyiv’s armed forces have reported further gains in the early stages of its counteroffensive