Kyiv

Europe News

Evacuees from Russian-occupied city arrive in Ukraine amid truce

It comes as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said around 280,000 Ukrainian households had been left without power after Russian strikes overnight.

31 October 2026

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Ukraine: firefighters battle flames and rescue dog from Kyiv ruins

A Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv killed one person and injured 15. Emergency workers rescued a dog from the rubble, while strikes damaged university buildings and a major bridge.

27 October 2026

Europe News

Ukraine restores 'stable' connection to Musk's Starlink, Kyiv says

Starlink, and its military version Starshield, have proved crucial to the Ukrainian military's operations, providing resilient internet and communications over the battlefield.

24 October 2026

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Ukraine: At least 9 people were killed in Russian attacks over the past 24 hours

At least nine people were killed in Russian attacks across Ukraine over the past 24 hours, according to Ukrainian authorities, as overnight missile and drone strikes sparked fires in Kyiv and the Kharkiv region.

22 October 2026

Europe News

Russian strike injures dozens at Rivne University in Ukraine

Russian strikes caused injuries and deaths across Ukraine on Tuesday, including at a university in Rivne and civilian infrastructure in Kyiv.

13 October 2026

Europe News

Russian army strikes Sloviansk and Kyiv, Ukraine hits Yandex

Russian forces struck two apartment blocks in Sloviansk, injuring four, and hit warehouses in Kyiv. Overnight, Ukrainian drones targeted Yandex's data centre in Vladimir, causing major service outages but no casualties.

11 October 2026

Europe News

Second Kyiv bridge hit in two days as Russia targets Dnipro crossings

With the Northern Bridge's traffic blocked a day after jet-powered drones forced the Southern Bridge shut, two of the eight Dnipro crossings joining Kyiv's halves are now disrupted.

3 October 2026

Europe News

Traffic chaos in Kyiv as Russian drone strikes close key bridge

Ukraine has long feared an attack on its major transportation bridges since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022.

2 October 2026

Europe News

Russian attacks on Ukraine kill four and hit Kyiv power supply

Ensuring energy supply is critical as the cold winter months approach. Russian strikes on the sector last year cut light and heating as temperatures plunged to as low as -20C.

30 September 2026

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Ukraine says Russian drones kill 14, hit Kyiv and Odesa infrastructure

Ukraine reports 14 dead and 57 injured after a massive Russian drone barrage hits Kyiv and Odesa on 27 September, damaging schools, hospitals and key infrastructure.

28 September 2026

Europe Today

EU ministers meet on Ukraine aid as Trump rejects Iran's Hormuz deal

EU defence ministers meet in Brussels on Ukraine aid and Russia's sanctions-busting "shadow fleet," as Moscow escalates missile and drone strikes. Elsewhere, Trump rejects Iran's Hormuz offer, claiming the US is "winning tremendously," and Pope Leo XIV heads to Metz for his final day in France.

28 September 2026

Ukraine

Russia strikes Ukraine as Putin denies plans to attack Europe

On Saturday, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said Russia had also carried out a "double strike" attack on a logistics facility serving fast-food chain McDonald’s.

26 September 2026

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Ukraine: Russian drone barrage on Kyiv kills teenage boy and wounds 20 residents

A 14-year-old boy was killed after a Russian drone tore into a 16-storey apartment block in Kyiv’s Pecherskyi district overnight on Friday 25 September 2026.

25 September 2026

Europe News

Russia launches fresh attacks on Kyiv and Kharkiv

The International Atomic Energy Agency said it has been informed of the strike on the Kursk nuclear power plant and said it was not on fire despite being operational at the time

18 September 2026

Europe News

Russia shifts tactics with round-the-clock air strikes on Kyiv

Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday night he hoped to host US President Donald Trump's envoys in Kyiv in the coming days to resume efforts to end the war.

4 September 2026

Russia

General charged over Kyiv children's hospital strike shot in Russia

Major General Nikolai Varpakhovich, commander of a heavy bomber division and charged in absentia by Ukraine over the 2024 Okhmatdyt children's hospital strike, was shot twice by a motorbike gunman near Engels airbase and airlifted to Moscow in serious condition.

3 September 2026