Sea tension
The Russian Federation has blocked off almost 70% of the Sea of Azov and is preventing free navigation. These actions demonstrate Russia's attempts to turn the Sea of…
US-Ukraine call
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has had a 90-minute phone conversation with US President Joe Biden.
"The President of the United States informed me of the content of…
Zelensky comments on Biden-Putin call
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has a generally positive assessment of the 7 December video conference between Joe Biden and Vladimir…
Army day
Today the military will receive about a hundred units of weapons and military equipment, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said during the Ukrainian Armed Forces Day celebrations…
President's address to parliament
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that the war in the east cannot be stopped without direct negotiations between Ukraine and Russia.
Zelenskyy…
Anticipation of coup
Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal told
Reuters that Russia is "absolutely" behind what he called an attempt to organise a coup to overthrow the pro-Western government…
Western warnings
The US embassy in Ukraine has advised its citizens of "concerning reports of
unusual Russian military activity near Ukraine’s borders and in occupied Crimea". It…
Maydan anniversary
On 21 November, several thousand people gathered in Kyiv's Independence Square, also known as Maydan, to mark Day of Dignity and Freedom, the anniversary of the…
Donbas
Special Operations Forces serviceman Ubert Mrachkovskyy, 33, was killed as a result of a separatist shot in Donbas today, the Command has said.
Ten ceasefire violations have…
Russian military buildup
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has acknowledged for the first time in a fortnight the accumulation of Russian troops on the border with Ukraine. According…
Relations with USA
Ukraine and the USA have signed an updated Strategic Partnership Charter at the
meeting of the Strategic Partnership Commission co-chaired by Ukrainian Foreign…
Reshuffle
Defence Minister Andriy Taran has tendered his resignation, the Cabinet of Ministers' representative in parliament, Taras Melnychuk, has said. The outgoing deputy prime…
Clashes
Clashes broke out on 9 October outside the house of Petro Poroshenko, the leader of the European Solidarity Party, between hired heavies (titushki), who wanted to break through…
Speaker's ousted
MPs have voted to dismiss speaker Dmytro Razumkov. The move initiated by the pro-presidential Servant of the People party was backed by 284 MPs, including 215 from…
Russian elections
The EU does not and will not recognise the illegal annexation of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol by the Russian Federation, and therefore does not recognise the…