The deputy head of the Russian Navy has been killed near the Ukrainian border, the Russian military has confirmed. Major General Mikhail Gudkov, appointed by President Vladimir Putin to the senior naval post in March, was killed during what Russia’s defence ministry described as “combat work” in the western Kursk region, which borders Ukraine’s Sumy...
The US has halted some weapons shipments to Kyiv, the White House has said, as Russia’s war against Ukraine has intensified. The decision was taken “to put America’s interests first” and followed a Department of Defense review of US “military support and assistance to other countries”, White House spokesperson Anna Kelly said on Tuesday. The...
Thomas Mackintosh BBC News Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images A Ukrainian serviceman looks through the scope of a rifle shortly after the incursion into Kursk Ukraine’s top military commander says its forces are still defending a small area of territory inside Russia that it captured almost a year ago. In August 2024 Ukraine launched...
Ukraine and Russia have completed an exchange of dead bodies – the final stage of a deal to bring home fallen soldiers. Kyiv said Moscow handed over 1,245 bodies on Monday, bringing the total to 6,057 in the past few days. It said it was now verifying whether all the bodies were indeed of Ukrainian...
A prisoner exchange is under way between Russia and Ukraine, governments in Moscow and Kyiv have confirmed. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said the exchange would unfold “in several stages” over the coming days, adding that the wounded, seriously wounded and soldiers under 25 were being returned. Writing on Telegram, Zelensky said: “The process is quite...
Unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk offers US president Donald Trump the chance to live in his house for a week to experience the reality of the war in Ukraine. Read full article at source...
Zelensky was asked to leave the White House in February after a public exchange with Trump in the Oval Office, in which the American told the Ukrainian to show more gratitude for the United States’ help in peace talks. Asked whether Trump would change his opinion on the war in his homeland, Usyk said: “I...
Russia launched large-scale drone and missile strikes on Ukraine’s capital and other parts of the country early on Friday, officials said. At least three people were killed and 49 injured in the strikes, according to Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky. The aerial raids targeted Kyiv, as well as the city of Lutsk and the Ternophil region...
Paul Adams Diplomatic correspondent Reporting fromKyiv, Ukraine SBU A screengrab of some of the drone footage released by Ukrainian authorities on Wednesday Three days on, and Ukraine is still digesting the full implications of Operation Spider’s Web, Sunday’s massive assault on Russia’s strategic aviation. On Wednesday, the agency which orchestrated the attack, the Security Service...
Paul Brown and Thomas Spencer BBC Verify BBC New satellite images and drone footage show serious damage inflicted on aircraft at several Russian airbases during Ukraine’s surprise drone strike on Sunday. The images of two Russian airbases in north-western and central Russia, taken on Wednesday morning, show 12 aircraft damaged or destroyed. Meanwhile, drone footage,...
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had a “good conversation” with Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a call about Ukraine’s recent drone attack and Iran. Following Ukraine’s major drone attack deep inside Russia, Trump reported that Putin told him Russia “will have to respond to the recent attack on the airfields”. Trump also...
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) says it has managed to strike the Crimea bridge with underwater explosives following an operation lasting “several months”. The SBU said its agents had “mined the supports” of the bridge with 1,100kg of explosives which “severely damaged” the bottom level of the supports. The “first explosive device” was activated early Tuesday...
Peace talks between Ukraine and Russia have once again resulted in no substantial changes. Moscow has refused to support a ceasefire despite pressure from President Trump. The second round of peace talks between Ukraine and Russia in Turkey once again did not yield any ceasefire results on Monday and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reiterated his...
Laura Gozzi & BBC Verify BBC News Ukraine Presidential Press Service/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks with Head of the Security Service (SSU) Vasyl Maliuk after the operation against Russian airbases It was an attack of astonishing ingenuity – unprecedented, broad, and 18 months in the making. On 1 June more than 100 Ukrainian drones...
Ukraine claims to have left more than 40 Russian bomber planes “burning” in a large scale drone attack” in the Murmansk region. The footage appears to show Russian warplanes on a runway being struck and bursting into flames. Sources from Ukraine’s security service, SBU, told the BBC “enemy strategic bombers are burning en masse in...