War in Ukraine — Latest News and Updates

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Moscow would respond to Bucharest's decision to expel a Russian diplomat over drone incursions into Romanian airspace. She argued that the accusations against Russia are groundless,

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said his country is facing an acute shortage of air defense missiles, and that sanctions against Russia's defense industry have failed to slow Moscow's production of ballistic missiles. He made the

In occupied Crimea, unknown scammers tricked local residents out of money by passing off fake QR codes as passes for scarce gasoline. According to the Unian agency, the fraudsters exploited a glitch in the fuel voucher system and began sell

The civilian vessel Golden Lion, struck on July 19 off the coast of Odesa, has sunk. According to Ukraine's Maritime Administration, posting on Telegram, the Russian attack caused severe damage to the ship's hull and superstructure, leaving

Since the start of July, including the massive strike on Ukraine over the past weekend, Russian forces have fired 107 ballistic missiles and 20 hypersonic 3M22 Zircon missiles. According to the Ukrainian outlet Militarnyi, citing its own an

Street protests against decisions made by President Volodymyr Zelensky are continuing in Lviv, Kyiv, Dnipro and Odesa, and according to participants, the anger goes far beyond the dismissal of Defence Minister Fedorov. This is according to

In a report published on Friday, Estonia's Foreign Intelligence Service said that growing social tension in Russia has forced the authorities to shift to a reactive, defensive policy. The cause: months of successful Ukrainian strikes deep i

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been meeting almost daily with former Defense Minister Rustem Fedorov in an attempt to persuade him to take on a new role, but Fedorov has turned down every offer so far, a British newspaper report

Ukraine is seeing a growing wave of violence linked to the conscription of men into the army: according to the National Police, more than 600 attacks on staff at territorial recruitment centres have already been recorded. In April, several

Ukraine's naval forces said on Facebook that Russian troops attacked a cargo ship owned by a Turkish company but sailing under the flag of Guinea-Bissau, in West Africa.Photo: novinky.czAccording to the Ukrainian navy, the vessel was hit by

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is considering dismissing the commander-in-chief of Ukraine's Armed Forces, Oleksandr Syrskyi, in what would be an attempt to defuse the most severe personnel crisis in the army since he took office, t

Overnight, Russia launched a massive missile strike on Kyiv, firing what the Ukrainian military says were 41 ballistic missiles, with 23 confirmed hits recorded across the country. The attack sparked fires and caused severe damage in the ca