It is striking how elaborate the operation was. Explosives were hidden in an electric scooter and they were detonated by remote control, Ukrainian sources have told the BBC.
The victim, Lt Gen Igor Kirillov, is believed to be the highest-ranking (...)
Ukraine said on Monday that North Korean soldiers fighting alongside Russian troops suffered heavy losses during fighting at the weekend in the Russian region of Kursk.
North Korean units that arrived in Kursk last month were involved in assaults at (...)
Ukrainian drone strikes on southern Russia killed a 9-year-old boy and ignited a fire at a major oil terminal, Russian officials reported Saturday.
The attacks came a day after Moscow launched one of the largest aerial bombardments yet on Ukraine's (...)
Russia launched a massive aerial attack against Ukraine on Friday, lobbing dozens of rockets and drones, including the Kinzhal ballistic missile.
Ukraine's Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko said Russia targeted the country's energy grid. "The (...)
Ukraine has received a second batch of F-16 fighter jets from Denmark, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on Saturday, hailing the delivery as a critical reinforcement to the country's defense against Russian aggression.
The announcement came (...)
"The situation is getting worse every day."
"We don't see the goal. Our land is not here."
Almost four months after Ukrainian troops launched a lightning offensive into the Russian region of Kursk, text messages from soldiers fighting there paint a (...)
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited Ukraine for the first time in more than two years on Monday and vowed to keep supporting Kyiv in its fight against Russia.
However, he stood firm on his decision not to supply Taurus long-range missiles.
While (...)
Germany's Olaf Scholz arrived in Ukraine on Monday for his second trip to the region during his tenure as Chancellor.
His visit comes both at a time on escalated Russian attacks on Ukraine and as his government faces political crisis at home that (...)
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas, European Council President Antonio Costa and Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos made Kyiv the first foreign capital to visit in their new positions.
With President-elect (...)
Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved a record increase in military spending for 2025, allocating 32.5% of the national budget — equivalent to 13.5 trillion rubles (over $145 billion) — to defense.
The significant rise from 28.3% this year (...)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has proposed that granting NATO membership to territories currently under Ukraine's control could help bring an end to the active fighting in the war with Russia.
Speaking in an interview with Sky News on (...)
Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened to attack decision-making centers in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv with the country's new ballistic missile, Oreshnik.
Putin was speaking hours after Russia launched a "comprehensive" strike on (...)
Amid the monstrous heaps of twisted metal, pools of congealed oil and walls pockmarked by shrapnel, one incongruous detail catches my eye.
Patches of snow. Inside a thermal power station.
With another Ukrainian winter arriving, the vast turbine hall (...)
Russia attacked Ukraine early in the morning on Thursday with scores of missiles and drones launched across the entire country, targeting the energy grid and leaving up to 1 million Ukrainians without electricity.
Explosions were reported in (...)
Russia launched 188 drones targeting 17 regions in Ukraine in an overnight attack, the Ukrainian air force said on Tuesday. The blitz marks the record number of drones fired by Russia in a single attack.
"Nearly two hundred Russian drones against (...)
Ukraine is reportedly losing ground in the Russian province of Kursk, with a senior Ukrainian military official saying over 40% of land seized has been lost.
Russia deployed tens of thousands of troops to Kursk after Kyiv's forces launched their (...)
In a matter of days US President Joe Biden's administration and Russia have made separate – but significant – moves aimed at influencing the outcome of the war in Ukraine, two months ahead of Donald Trump's return to the White House.
There is a (...)
The US embassy in Kyiv has shuttered fearing an imminent "significant air attack" in Kyiv, according to a statement published on its website.
"Out of an abundance of caution, the embassy will be closed, and embassy employees are being instructed to (...)
Volodymyr Zelensky has spoken after a long-awaited decision came from Washington giving permission for Ukraine to use US-supplied long-range missiles to strike targets deeper inside Russia.
But despite Zelensky pleading such permission for weeks, (...)
A group of 2,000 Ukrainian soldiers known as the 'Anne of Kyiv' brigade, which has undergone two months of intense military training in eastern and southern France, is being put through its final paces before returning to Ukraine.
Once deployed, the (...)
Maria Troyanivska had come home early the night a Russian drone hit her bedroom.
"It flew in through the window, right into her room," her mother Viktoria tells the BBC. After the explosion, she and her husband Volodymyr ran from the next room to (...)
A massive drone strike rattled Moscow and its suburbs overnight into Sunday, injuring several people and temporarily halting traffic at some of Russia's busiest airports, officials reported. Meanwhile, a huge night-time wave of Russian drones (...)
Ukraine has officially terminated its air traffic agreement with Iran, a government official announced on Friday.
Taras Melnychuk, a representative of Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers in the Verkhovna Rada, confirmed the decision on Telegram, stating, (...)
President-elect Donald Trump put billionaire Elon Musk on the line with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy when the Ukrainian leader called to congratulate the incoming U.S. president, according to a Ukrainian official with direct knowledge of the phone (...)
North Korean soldiers have clashed with Ukrainian troops for the first time, Ukraine's top officials have revealed.
In an interview with South Korean broadcaster KBS, Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov said a "small group" of North Korean (...)
