Ukraine has begun defending territory with long-range ballistic missiles secretly provided by the United States, US officials have confirmed.
The weapons were part of a $300m ($240m) aid package that was approved by US President Joe Biden in March, (...)
Soldiers on the front lines in Ukraine say the prospect of final approval in the US Congress of a $60 billion military aid package for Kyiv will serve as a giant morale boost as Russia looks to step up its advance.
The Ukraine aid bill, passed in (...)
President Volodymyr Zelensky has expressed his gratitude to the US House of Representatives for approving a new $61bn (£49bn) package of military assistance for Ukraine after months of delays. He said the aid could save thousands of lives.
While (...)
Ukraine says it shot down a strategic Russian bomber on Friday, but Russia claims the plane crashed in a sparsely populated area due to malfunction.
Ukraine has said it shot down a Russian bomber on Friday.
However, Moscow officials said the plane (...)
Two Russian strikes in Ukraine's central Dnipropetrovsk region have killed at least seven people, including two children, local officials say.
The station in the main city Dnipro came under attack, and several homes were hit further east in (...)
Ukraine's prime minister has told the BBC there will be a "Third World War" if Ukraine loses its conflict with Russia, as he urged the US Congress to pass a long-stalled foreign aid bill.
Denys Shmyhal expressed "careful optimism" that US lawmakers (...)
A Russian missile attack has killed 14 people in the city of Chernihiv in northern Ukraine, according to Ukrainian officials.
Ukraine's interior minister said there were more than 60 injured in the attack, which hit an eight-story building in a (...)
A lack of air defenses meant Ukraine was powerless to prevent a Russian airstrike last week that destroyed the biggest power plant in Kyiv region, President Volodomyr Zelensky said.
Russia fired 11 missiles towards the Trypilska power plant, (...)
Russia's war on Ukraine has entered a new phase. Drone and missile attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure are now frequent and massive, overwhelming its current air defences.
They often include the same Iranian-made Shahed drones launched by (...)
On the night of 3 April, a swarm of Russian drones attacked Kharkiv, in Ukraine's northeast.
The country's second-largest city has been targeted almost incessantly since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion.
But this time was worse than usual, (...)
The largest power-generating plant in Ukraine's Kyiv region was reportedly destroyed in a Russian missile attack on Thursday as Moscow steps up its attacks on infrastructure.
Russian shelling caused a large-scale fire at the Trypilska Thermal Power (...)
Ukraine's parliament passed a law on Thursday that will govern how the country recruits new conscripts, following months of delay and after thousands of amendments were submitted to water down the initial draft.
Lawmakers dragged their feet for (...)
Ukraine "will lose the war" if the United States Congress does not approve military aid to help it resist Russia's invasion, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
"It's important to specifically address the Congress: if the Congress doesn't help (...)
At least six people have been killed in a Russian drone attack on the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, local officials say.
Mayor Ihor Terekhov said Iranian-made Shahed drones had hit several buildings, including apartment blocks, early on (...)
Ukraine has carried out a drone attack against targets in southern Russia, and claims to have destroyed six Russian planes at an airbase in Rostov region.
Security sources told BBC Ukrainian eight more aircraft were badly damaged, and 20 service (...)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed into law a bill lowering the military mobilization age by two years from 27 to 25.
Kyiv has faced heavy losses on the battlefield after two years of war, whereas Russia has benefited from a sizeable (...)
Finland and Ukraine signed a long-term security agreement Wednesday with the defense aid package provided to Ukraine by Helsinki is worth 188 million euros
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and his Finnish counterpart, Alexander Stubb have (...)
There's a loud buzzing sound as a small silhouette approaches in the air. The noise is eerily reminiscent of Russian drone strikes on Ukraine, but this episode was recorded closer to Moscow than to Kyiv.
"They're flying right towards us," a woman is (...)
In central Kharkiv you hear the rattle of generators on every street.
Ten days ago, Ukraine's second city was plunged into darkness by a massive, targeted Russian missile attack on the energy system — it was the biggest since the start of the (...)
The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) issued a new report on Tuesday, revealing a surge in credible allegations of torture and executions of captured Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) at the hands of Russian forces.
According to (...)
Ukraine said it has hit two landing ships, a communications center and other infrastructure used by Russia's Black Sea fleet off annexed Crimea.
An announcement by the Ukrainian general staff said the Yamal and Azov ships had been destroyed.
The (...)
Large areas of Ukraine are suffering blackouts after Russian missiles targeted energy infrastructure.
There is no electricity in the second-largest city of Kharkiv, says regional head Oleg Synehubov.
Fifteen blasts were reported in Kharkiv, while (...)
Ukraine has intercepted 31 missiles launched by Russia at Kyiv overnight, Ukraine's air force said.
At least 17 people, including a child, were injured by falling debris, four of whom are in hospital, authorities said.
It is the largest Russian (...)
Ukraine reported that it intercepted 14 out of 16 drones deployed by Russia over the southwestern region of Odesa.
In addition, Russia launched five S-300 guided anti-aircraft missiles aimed at the eastern regions of Kharkiv and Donetsk, alongside (...)
Russian forces deported Bohdan Yermokhin from the occupied Ukrainian city of Mariupol in the spring of 2022, flew him to Moscow on a government plane and placed him into a foster family. He was sent to a patriotic camp near the capital where (...)