Tom Balmforth
Ukraine claims Russian naval targets hit in Crimea attack
Ukraine says it has struck Russian naval targets and port infrastructure in the Crimean city of Sevastopol in what appears to be...
Ukraine hits bridge in blow to Russian supply route
Ukrainian missiles have struck one of the few bridges linking the Crimea Peninsula with the Ukrainian mainland, cutting one of the main...
Ukraine reports new gains early in counteroffensive
Ukraine says its troops have recaptured seven villages from Russian forces along an approximately 100-kilometre front in the south-east since starting its...
Ukraine makes gains in ‘first results’ of counterattack
Ukraine says its troops have made territorial advances on three villages in its southeast, the first liberated settlements it has reported since...
Russian missile wrecks Kramatorsk apartment block as EU leaders arrive in Kyiv
A Russian missile has destroyed an apartment building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, killing at least three people before top...
Russian forces claim small gains in eastern Ukraine
Russian forces have claimed incremental gains in eastern Ukraine adding up to their biggest advances in months after relentless battles that Kyiv...
Ukraine denies pressure over Russia talks
Ukraine has denied it’s under Western pressure to negotiate with Russia, doubling down on its insistence that talks can only be held...
Zelensky open only to ‘genuine’ peace talks
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he is open to talks with Russia, but only “genuine” negotiations that would restore Ukraine’s borders, grant...
Ukraine recovers more ‘annexed’ territory
President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukrainian forces have retaken more settlements in Kherson, one of the partially Russian-occupied southern regions that Moscow claims...
Ukrainian forces make major advance in south
Ukrainian forces have achieved their biggest breakthrough in the south of the country since the war began, bursting through the front, advancing...