Ukraine celebrates its 32nd Independence Day on Aug. 24 amid the ongoing Russian invasion. The Kyiv Independent has asked people on the streets of Kyiv what they think Ukraine’s future will look like in 10 years. Warning: Some of the answers can melt your heart.
Key developments on Aug. 21: * Ukraine advances southeast of Robotyne and south of Mala Tokmachka in Zaporizhzhia Oblast * Three square kilometers near Bakhmut liberated over the past week * Greece to take part in F-16 training for Ukrainian pilots * Ukraine's Air Force says F16 jets can change course of the war
Petro Andriushchenko, an advisor to the exiled mayor of Mariupol, said he obtained a document indicating that 101 Ukrainian children were registered at morgues in Russian-occupied Mariupol, Donetsk Oblast, in 2022.
President Volodymyr Zelensky and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson signed a "statement of intent" symbolizing the two countries' will to "strengthen cooperation in production, operation, training, and servicing" of the Swedish armored combat vehicles CV90.
The number of wounded in the Russian missile attack on Chernihiv rose to 110 people as of 3:25 p.m., according to Oleksandr Lomako, the city's acting mayor.
Russia attacked Ukraine’s western Khmelnytskyi Oblast with drones overnight on Aug. 19, damaging nearly 400 buildings, Serhii Tiurin, first deputy head of the Khmelnytskyi Oblast Military Administration, told Suspilne media outlet.
Russian Defense Ministry claimed a Ukrainian drone had attacked a military airfield in the Russian northwestern Novgorod region at 10 a.m. local time on Aug. 19.
A woman’s body was found under the rubble bringing the death toll of the Russian missile attack on Chernihiv to seven, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko reported at around 2:15 p.m. on Aug. 19. Russian forces targeted the city center of Chernihiv in northern Ukraine on the morning
Key developments on Aug. 16: * Ukraine liberates the village of Urozhaine in Donetsk Oblast * First vessel sails through temporary Black Sea corridor * Chinese defense minister Li Shangfu visits Belarus, claims ‘strategic partnership' * U.S. asks Iran to stop supplying drones to Russia, FT reports; U.K. Defense Ministry says Russia
A Russian fighter aircraft Sukhoi Su-30 crashed in the country’s westernmost Kaliningrad Oblast on Aug. 12, Russian state-controlled TASS media outlet reported, citing the military.
Following Russian media outlets' earlier reports of Ukraine's strike on the Crimean Bridge, Sergey Aksyonov, the Russian proxy head of occupied Crimea, said that air defense had intercepted another missile over the Kerch Strait at around 3 p.m. on Aug. 12.
Russian troops have been shelling Kherson Oblast since the morning of Aug. 12, injuring at least two civilians, the regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin reported.
An explosion occurred in the Russian-occupied city of Berdiansk, Zaporizhzhia Oblast around noon on Aug. 12, Petro Andriushchenko, advisor to the exiled mayor of occupied Mariupol, reported.
On the evening of June 24, 16-year-olds Tihran Ohannisian and Mykyta Khanhanov went for a walk in their hometown of Berdiansk, a Russian-occupied city in Ukraine’s southeastern Zaporizhzhia Oblast. The two got some street food, saw some friends, and discussed how they would celebrate Khanhanov's 17th birthday the next
Key developments on Aug. 7: * Russia bombards Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast, killing 5, injuring 18 * Russia claims drones downed in Belgorod, Kaluga Oblast * Ukraine brings back 22 POWs from Russian captivity * Defense Ministry: Russia increases attacks on eastern front, uses 500,000 munitions over past week * Germany ready to approve long-range
The Security Service of Ukraine chief Vasyl Maliuk effectively admitted that Ukraine was behind the attacks, saying they were taking place in the territorial waters of Ukraine and are "completely legal."
According to the report, Russian troops shelled Kherson seven times over the past day, firing 63 projectiles.
Viktoriia Borodai can not recall the last time she experienced "real joy." She has lived in "uncertainty and despair" ever since Russia's all-out war forced her to flee Kramatorsk, her hometown in Donetsk Oblast, last March. Seeking shelter in different towns across Ukraine and watching how Russian troops bombard her
Key developments on July 31: * Russian missile strike hits apartment building in Kryvyi Rih, kills 6 and injures 75 * Governor: 4 killed, 17 wounded in Russian attack on Kherson * Russia claims it deported 700,000 Ukrainian children * Ukraine reports repairing almost all thermal power stations damaged by Russia * US provides
Key developments on July 29-30 * Drones attack Moscow, reportedly damaging Russian ministries' offices * Military reports hitting bridge between occupied Kherson Oblast and Crimea * Russia launches missile attack at educational institution in Sumy, kills 2, injures 20 * Peace formula talks to take place in Saudi Arabia; Russia will not attend * Zelensky
The offices of several Russian ministries were located in a high-rise building in Moscow that was attacked by drones in the early hours of July 30, independent Russian media outlet The Insider reported.
Russian troops launched a missile attack against Sumy on July 29, hitting a local educational institution, killing one person and injuring 17, Sumy City Council reported on July 30.
Russian tactical aviation fired on July 30 two air bombs at Ukraine’s Snake Island, located 35 kilometers from the mainland of Odesa Oblast, Southern Operational Command reported.
Key developments on July 26: * Ukraine downs 36 Russian missiles on July 26 * Ukrainian pilots to receive F-16 training in Denmark, Romania * Black Sea security discussed at the NATO-Ukraine Council meeting * Ukraine continues advancing in Donetsk Oblast * Ukraine receives additional air defense, allocates $1 billion for drone production Air defense
Key developments on July 22-23 * Russia's latest missile attack on Odesa results in civilian casualties; damages 25 historical buildings * Black Sea security to be discussed at NATO-Ukraine Council on July 26 * Russia starts collecting intel on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, says military intelligence * Ukraine destroys targets in Russian-occupied Crimea * Russia destroys
Meanwhile, President Volodymyr Zelensky said that "there will be a response" to Russia's attack on Odesa.
As per usual, the Air Force didn't specify where the other 10 missiles hit.
The attack damaged residential buildings and other facilities and infrastructure, including a power line.
President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on Twitter on July 21 that he and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had discussed the Black Sea Grain Initiative during a phone call.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video address on July 21 that Ukraine would respond to Russia's deadly attacks against Donetsk, Chernihiv, and Odesa oblasts.
Russia will inspect all ships sailing in the Black Sea to make sure they don't carry military cargo, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin said on July 21, as reported by Russian news agency Interfax.
Russian troops shelled a settlement near Huliaipole in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, killing four workers of an agricultural enterprise on July 21, according to local authorities.
