As Christmas Day approached, the team of one popular restaurant in the heart of Kyiv was running against the clock to bake a large batch of Christmas cakes. The cakes weren’t for sale, though. Restaurateur Tetiana Mytrofanova and her team are on a mission to bake hundreds of Christmas
Key developments on Dec. 25: * Governor: At least 16 killed, 64 wounded due to Russian shelling on Christmas eve in Kherson Oblast * Putin claims readiness for negotiations, blames West for refusing to talk. * World leaders deliver Christmas message to Ukraine * General Staff: Russia shells more than 20 settlements in Bakhmut,
Foreign leaders have voiced their support for Ukraine in their Christmas messages as the Ukrainians are facing their most difficult winter holidays in the country's independent history. Despite the holiday season, Ukrainian soldiers are putting their lives at risk to defend cities from deadly Russian assaults, with the fiercest battle
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin claimed on Dec. 25 that the Kremlin was “ready to negotiate with everyone involved” to reach what it views as “acceptable solutions” for its brutal war against Ukraine.
The lives of millions of Ukrainians turned upside down in 2022, as Russia waged a brutal all-out war against their home. This year, we interviewed frontline soldiers, released prisoners of war, families of those killed by this war, survivors of Russian occupation and torture, volunteers, and officials. All of them
Key developments on Dec. 21: * Zelensky visits Washington, meets Biden * US announces $1.85 billion military assistance, including transfer of Patriot air defense system * Washington Post: Kyiv’s long-sought Patriot system not expected to arrive before spring * Putin claims his army has ‘no financial limits,’ acknowledges ‘certain problems’ in fall
President Volodymyr Zelensky flew to Washington, D.C., on Dec. 21 to meet his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden, leaving the country for the first time since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February to discuss bilateral cooperation between the two nations. Biden and U.S. First Lady Jill
Key developments on Dec. 20: * Zelensky makes surprise visit to Bakhmut, meets front-line soldiers * Kuleba: Wagner Group should be recognized internationally as ‘terrorist organization’ * Governor: 80% of Kyiv Oblast left without electricity * EU's Borrell calls on Iran to ‘immediately stop military support to Russia’ President Volodymyr Zelensky made a surprise
Key developments on Dec. 17-18: * Ukraine issues warning ahead of Putin-Lukashenko talks on Dec. 19 * 2 killed, 4 wounded in Russian shelling of Kherson * Fierce fighting rages in Bakhmut, Avdiivka areas in Donetsk Oblast Ukraine’s military on Dec. 18 warned of potential border escalation ahead of Russian President Vladimir
Key developments on Dec. 16: * Military: 60 of 76 Russian missiles shot down during 7th mass strike on energy infrastructure * Officials: At least 3 civilians killed, around 9 power generating facilities damaged * EU condemns ‘Kremlin’s indiscriminate terror,” adopts 9th sanctions package against Russia * Mass power outages reported in Kyiv,
Key developments on Dec. 15: * Ukrainian officials predict Russia to launch new major offensive in January-February 2023 * Zaluzhnyi: Russia likely to attempt capturing Kyiv again, trains 200,000 new soldiers * European Parliament recognizes Holodomor as genocide against Ukrainian people * Prosecutors: Paramedic, elderly man killed during Russian shelling in Kherson Russia
Key developments on Dec. 14: * Russia attacks Kyiv with 13 Iranian-made drones; all shot down, no casualties * European Parliament approves 18 billion euro aid package for Ukraine after deal with Hungary * 64 Ukrainian soldiers, US citizen return from Russian captivity * Kremlin: Patriot air defense system would ‘definitely’ be target for
Key developments on Dec. 11: * PM: All thermal and hydroelectric power stations damaged by Russia’s attacks * Governor: 300,000 people left without electricity in Odesa Oblast * Zelensky talks with Macron, Erdogan * State Emergency Service: Russia targets rescuers in Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal on Dec. 11 warned
Key developments on Dec. 9 * Ukrenergo: Russia fired more than 1,000 missiles and drones at Ukrainian energy * Erdogan announces new talks with Zelensky, Putin * Putin claims Russia should have started its full-scale war ‘earlier’ * General Staff: Russia still set on capturing Bakhmut Russia has fired more than 1,000
Key developments on Dec. 8 * Putin claims that Russia’s missile blitz on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure will continue * Energoatom: Russia places Grad rocket launchers near Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant reactor * CNN: US considers Ukraine’s request for cluster munitions Russia’s President Vladimir Putin claimed on Dec. 8 that Russia
Key developments on Dec. 7 * NATO chief: Russia trying to ‘freeze’ war in Ukraine for ‘bigger offensive’ next spring * Putin: The war in Ukraine ‘might be a long process’ * Zelensky: At least 10 killed, ‘many’ wounded in Russian shelling of Kurakhove, Donetsk Oblast * Ukrenergo: Ukraine still faces 'significant' energy deficit
Key developments on Dec. 6 * Zelensky visits Donetsk Oblast, vows to liberate Russian-occupied Donetsk, Luhansk, and Crimea * Ukraine’s intelligence: Russia still has missiles for several more mass attacks * Third Russian airbase ablaze after a drone attack; no casualties reported * 60 Ukrainian service people freed in new prisoner exchange President
Key developments on Dec. 5 * Zelensky: 4 people killed by Russia’s mass missile strike on Dec. 5 * Ukraine’s Air Force: Over 60 of more than 70 Russian missiles shot down on Dec. 5 * PM: Power facilities in Kyiv, Odesa, and Vinnytsia oblasts hit but repair underway * Russian Defense
Key developments on Dec. 4: * Ukraine's military estimates 50-100 Russian troops killed near Bakhmut each day * Evacuation for residents living on the east bank of Dnipro River in Kherson Oblast underway * Kremlin says it would not comply with $60 oil cap; Kyiv demands it to be lowered to $30 * Ukraine
Editor's note: The story contains images and descriptions that some readers may find graphic. CHORNOBAIVKA, Kherson Oblast – Two 23-year-old friends, Volodymyr Prylutskyi and Denys Dudchenko, were in front of their old school in Chornobaivka when they were shot dead at around 4 p.m. on March 4. The southern village,
Key developments on Nov. 30: * Ukrainian intelligence: Russia stockpiles missiles for next mass attack * Governor: Russian shelling of Kherson kills 1, wounds 1 * Official: Russia forcibly relocates residents from Kinburn Spit on left bank of Dnipro River Ukraine is bracing itself for more Russian mass strikes targeting energy infrastructure. Vadym
Key developments on Nov. 29: * Kuleba: Negotiations for Kyiv-involved weapon production in NATO territory underway * IAEA to strengthen its presence in all of Ukraine’s nuclear power plantsLiberated * Kherson again comes under Russian fire * Heaviest fighting raging in Bakhmut and Avdiivka areas, Donetsk Oblast Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba
KHERSON – KYIV – Kherson residents sat in an eerily quiet overnight train to Kyiv. It was Nov. 25, and they were leaving their hometown for the first time since February. The evacuees spent almost nine months under Russian occupation in Kherson, waiting for the arrival of Ukrainian forces. But a few
Key developments on Nov. 27: * Governor: Russia using 'terror tactics' to threaten lives in liberated parts of Kherson Oblast * General Staff: Russia concentrates main offensive to capture Bakhmut and Avdiivka * UK Defense Ministry: Russia unlikely to achieve breakthrough in Donetsk Oblast * Law enforcement raids Moscow-linked Orthodox church in western Ukraine
KHERSON – Standing outside her small, dimly lit grocery store, Natalia chain-smokes several cigarettes until a customer finally shows up at the door. The 48-year-old shopkeeper misses being busy all day. More than a week after Ukrainian forces recaptured her native Kherson, she is still waiting for her long-time customers to
Key developments on Nov. 20: * Ukraine to investigate video alleging death of Russian POWs * General Staff: Russian military command plans to transfer units from south to east * Zelensky: Russia has launched more than 4,700 missiles at Ukraine since Feb. 24. Ukraine denies Russian accusations of committing war crimes after
KHERSON — Svitlana Dosenko stood dangerously close to the edge of the platform, anxiously waiting for her son to arrive on the first train from Kyiv to Kherson since Russia’s invasion engulfed the entire country. “I left home in a hurry because I was worried that the platform would be
Key developments on Nov. 16 * West says blast in eastern Poland caused by Ukrainian air defense missile * White House: Russia bears ultimate responsibility regardless of whose missile fell on Poland * Zelensky says it was likely ‘Russian’ missile based on his military reports * Another victim from Nov. 15 mass strike found
Ukraine's recapture of the southern city of Kherson came as a happy surprise for exiled local journalist Kseniya Keleberda. "When Ukrainian forces first entered Kherson, we cried and smiled at the same time," she told the Kyiv Independent. Survivors of the eight-month-long Russian occupation immediately began celebrating at the central
Key developments on Nov. 15 * Ukraine shoots down 70 of 90 incoming Russian missiles * 15 energy sites damaged during Russia's latest missile strike * Power outages in Moldova due to Russian latest attack * Media: Russian missiles cross NATO member Poland, killing 2 people Russia unleashed a massive nationwide missile attack on
Key developments on Nov. 10 * Ukraine liberates Snihurivka town, located 50 kilometers north of Kherson * Ukraine recaptures 12 settlements near Kherson, advances 7 kilometers * Russian Defense Ministry says it began withdrawing troops from Kherson * General Staff: Russia uses 17 missiles, 50 drones to attack Ukraine this week Ukrainian forces advanced
Key developments on Nov. 9: * Russia ordered withdrawal of troops from Kherson * Ukrainian forces reportedly enter Snihurivka * High-profile collaborator in occupied Kherson Oblast killed * Russia fires 8 missile strikes, 10 airstrikes across Ukraine Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu ordered the withdrawal of troops from Kherson on Nov. 9. Russian retreat
