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President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Friday that the heads of all Ukraine's regional military recruitment centres were being dismissed from their jobs amid concerns about corruption. The mass sacking came as Ukraine urged civilians near the northeastern front line to evacuate on Thursday as Russia ramped up an assault to…

These are the main developments as the Russian invasion of Ukraine enters its 534th day.

Despite gains, deputy defence minister Hanna Maliar warns of ‘nightmare’ situation farther north in Kharkiv

Ukrainian insiders talk to Al Jazeera about life at Zaporizhzhia, which was taken over days after the invasion.

From Bucha to the battle for Bakhmut, we track Wagner’s bloody role in Vladimir Putin’s invasion

The company is understandably seeking ‘good stories with happy endings’ but the best results come in a brief folk-dance piece

Independent TV Exclusive: Mrs Zelenska says her nation is seeking international help to find nearly 20,000 children Kyiv believes have been abducted into Russian territory

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

As the war in Ukraine escalated on and beyond the existing battlefields with intensified air, drone and ground operations, more than 40 countries met in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, over the weekend of August 5-6 2023, to discuss peace.

Russia seeks to exploit situation as Kyiv’s counteroffensive concentrates on south and east of country

Two Russian missile strikes on the east Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, including on a residential building, killed at least five people and wounded 31 others, Kyiv said. Meanwhile, Ukrainian troops are creating conditions to advance forward step-by-step and have the initiative on the battlefield, Ukraine's commander-in-chief said on Monday. Read…