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    • Sunday, 1 October, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Biden seeks to reassure Ukraine as war aid becomes US political battleground

      Support for Kyiv thrown into doubt as Republicans tie funding to border policies

      President Joe Biden speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House
    • Monday, 25 September, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Tracking Ukraine’s counteroffensive against Russia in maps

      A visual guide to the war

      Montage of map of Ukraine and tanks
    • Monday, 25 September, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Russia pounds port of Odesa in latest air strikes against Ukraine

      Moscow continues attacks aimed at hobbling Kyiv’s grain exports

      The badly damaged Hotel Odesa
    • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
      Trade disputes
      Slovakia to drop ban on Ukrainian grain imports

      Agreement follows Kyiv’s rift with Poland, Hungary and Slovakia over unilateral import restrictions

      Ukrainian grain stored in train wagons on the Polish-Ukrainian border
    • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Russia targets Ukrainian cities in pre-dawn missile attack

      Bombardment comes hours after Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged UN to back his peace plan to end ‘genocidal’ war

      Firefighters put out a fire at an industrial area of Kyiv after an overnight missile attack on Ukraine on Thursday
    • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Poland signals halt to Ukraine weapons transfers amid trade dispute

      Threat is latest salvo in spat that revolves around Warsaw’s refusal to accept Ukrainian grain imports

      Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki
    • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Biden urges world leaders to stop Ukraine from being ‘carved up’

      US president presses allies to maintain support as Volodymyr Zelenskyy prepares latest appeal to Washington

      Joe Biden addresses the UN General Assembly on Tuesday
    • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Ukrainian grain ship leaves Odesa despite Russian blockade

      The vessel is the first to dock in and set sail from Ukraine since Moscow reneged on international deal

      alau-flagged general cargo vessel Resilient Africa loaded with grain, leaves the sea port of Chornomorsk
    • Sunday, 17 September, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Ukraine intensifies efforts to break Russia’s Black Sea blockade

      Two vessels dock at Chornomorsk as Kyiv makes use of unilateral shipping corridor

    • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
      News in-depthWar in Ukraine
      Zelenskyy turns to trusted ally Umerov for Ukraine defence clean-up

      Graft allegations and recruitment scandals have dogged ministry overseeing war with Russia

      Rustem Umerov
    • Monday, 4 September, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Ukraine claims Russian drones crashed on Romanian territory

      Latest strikes targeting Danube river ports come before Putin-Erdoğan talks on restarting Black Sea grain deal

      A firefighter hoses down at a building hit by Russian drone attacks in Ukraine’s Odesa region
    • Sunday, 3 September, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Zelenskyy to replace Ukraine’s defence minister in wartime shake-up

      Biggest change to Kyiv government since invasion by Russia comes as counteroffensive grinds on

      Oleksiy Reznikov holds a military uniform during a news conference
    • Sunday, 3 September, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Russia launches drone strikes on Odesa region a day before grain talks

      Southern Ukrainian port area attacked as Erdoğan and Putin prepare to negotiate Black Sea exports

      The firefighter is silhouetted by flames in the background
    • Saturday, 2 September, 2023
      Igor Kolomoisky
      Ukrainian oligarch who backed Zelenskyy named as fraud probe suspect

      Igor Kolomoisky is also accused of laundering tens of millions of dollars as Kyiv tries to bolster its ant-graft campaign

      Igor Kolomoisky
    • Saturday, 26 August, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Ukrainian pilot who led push for F-16s dies in training exercise

      Aviator codenamed ‘Juice’ played prominent role in pleading with western allies to give Ukraine jets

    • Thursday, 24 August, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Ukrainian troops carried out lethal raid on Crimean coast, says Kyiv

      Russian soldiers killed during alleged incursion into occupied peninsula, military intelligence claims

      Volodymyr Zelensky
    • Sunday, 20 August, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Netherlands and Denmark confirm plans to provide Kyiv with first F-16s

      Lengthy pilot training process means fighter jets are unlikely to arrive in time to bolster summer counteroffensive

    • Thursday, 17 August, 2023
      News in-depthUkraine military briefing
      Military briefing: Russia hunts Ukraine’s western missile stocks

      British Storm Shadows and French Scalps have helped Kyiv in its counteroffensive, but more are needed

      Volodymyr Zelensky signs ‘Glory to Ukraine’ onto a French Scalp cruise missile mounted on a Ukrainian jet
    • Monday, 14 August, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      German minister backs sending Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine

      Christian Lindner adds to pressure on chancellor to support contentious measure

    • Monday, 14 August, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Russia sets Odesa ablaze in overnight air strikes on Ukraine

      Barrage on grain-exporting port city comes as Kyiv condemns targeting of a commercial vessel

      Firefighters working to douse a fire at a shopping centre hit during Russia’s military strike in Odesa, Ukraine
    • Sunday, 13 August, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Ukraine’s civilian death toll mounts as Russia strikes Kherson

      Shelling of villages comes as Russian warship fires warning shots on commercial vessel heading to Black Sea port

      Ukrainian personnel in the Kherson region
    • Friday, 11 August, 2023
      News in-depthWar in Ukraine
      Military briefing: Ukraine forces probe Russian defences across Dnipro river

      Recent raids in Kherson region could be diversionary tactics as part of counteroffensive

    • Monday, 7 August, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Olaf Scholz under pressure to send cruise missiles to Ukraine

      Two politicians from German chancellor’s own party signal support for contested move

      A F-15K fighter jet flying with a Taurus long-range air-to-surface missile during an exercise
    • Sunday, 6 August, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Ukraine allies buoyed by ‘constructive’ China signals at Jeddah talks

      Moscow not invited to forum but Beijing positive on engaging in future negotiations on finding a resolution to war

      Representatives from more than 40 countries pose for a picture at talks on Ukraine in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Sunday
    • Saturday, 5 August, 2023
      News in-depthWar in Ukraine
      Military briefing: the Ukrainian drone strikes designed to wear Russia down

      Kyiv steps up attacks in bid to bring Moscow’s war closer to home

      Montage of drones and buildings
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