The heart of the fight across the 1,000-kilometre (620-mile) front remains Donetsk, where Russia aims to seize the “fortress belt” of heavily defended cities – from north to south: Sloviansk, Kramatorsk, Druzhivka and Kostiantynivka.

Russia launched a deadly barrage of missiles and drones on Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, in the early hours of Thursday, striking deep into

Today, August 25, 2025, from 11:20 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., Russian forces carried out an airstrike on the Ukrainian city of Kostiantynivka, the Donetsk Regional Prosecutor's Office reported. Against the civilian population,

Russia struck the central Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk overnight, leaving a thick column of smoke hovering over the city in an attack that the local mayor called a sign that Russian President Vladimir Putin does not want peace.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy Keith Kellogg said in Kyiv on Monday that officials are “working very, very hard” on efforts to end the three-year war between Russia and Ukraine, as a lack of progress fuels doubts about whether a peace settlement could be on the horizon.

In 2022, the indicated Russian occupiers took a direct part in committing war crimes in the city of Bucha, Kyiv region, Ukraine’s military said.