The Latest Breaking News from Ukraine

Ukraine’s historic Chernihiv biathlon and cross-country training center, which produced the country’s first Olympic medalist, remains in ruins after Russia’s 2022 invasion

France is now providing two-thirds of the intelligence Ukraine needs in its war with Russia, President Emmanuel Macron said, overtaking the United States as Kyiv’s main source of intelligence support.

Videos shared on Ukrainian social media since the weekend claim to show African nationals fighting in the ranks of the Russian army – raising fresh questions about Moscow’s overseas recruitment practices.

A Kremlin-installed local official said strikes disrupted power in the Zaporizhzhia region

Response crews at work following strikes in Ukraine’s second city as Britain commits £20m after Zelenskyy declares energy emergency. What we know on day 1,423

Russia expels a British diplomat over unfounded spy allegations, prompting UK to consider response amid ongoing diplomatic tensions and mutual expulsions since Ukraine conflict.

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A shadow fleet of almost 1,000 ageing tankers – totalling 18.5 percent of global capacity – has been used since 2022 to dodge Western oil sanctions. These flag-hopping vessels with opaque ownership and frequent name changes ferry crude oil to Chinese "teapot" refineries from states including Russia, Venezuela and Iran.

The result of Viktor Orbán's re-election campaign will have implications far beyond Hungary's borders

Russia’s so-called “special military operation” in Ukraine passed a significant milestone on January 13. It has now outlasted the 1,418 days it took Vladimir Putin’s notorious predecessor, the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin, to bring his war against Nazi Germany to a successful conclusion.