"The terrorist attacks were to be carried out by remotely activating homemade bombs," the SBU said on Jan. 30.

This is Chris York and Yuliia Taradiuk reporting from Kyiv on day 1,437 of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Today's top story: Russian shelling hit central Kherson around midday on Jan. 30, killing the driver of a city bus and wounding five other civilians, according to the Kherson Oblast Prosecutor's Office. According to the office, at around 12 p.m. Kyiv time, Russian troops fired  artillery  at the city of Kherson, striking a bus. The State Emergence Services said one of the shells

The comment from Kremlin spokesperson Dmitri Peskov came a day after Trump said Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed to his request not to strike Kyiv as well as other Ukrainian cities and towns for a week.

"They do not feel that it gives them anything," Zelensky said.

As Kyiv's repair crews scramble to keep the lights and heat on after repeated Russian strikes, the work has become punishing — and, in recent weeks, deadly. Oleksandr Pitaichuk, a 31-year-old high-angle rescuer, died during emergency repair work at one of Kyiv's power facilities on Jan. 25, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said. Pitaichuk fell from a height of 20 meters, and his injuries proved fatal, according to Klymenko. "He stood between chaos and normal life — so homes could have light and

This is Yuliia Taradiuk and Polina Moroziuk reporting from Kyiv on day 1,434 of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Today's top story: Russian drones struck a passenger train in Kharkiv Oblast on Jan. 27, hitting a locomotive and passenger car and causing a fire, Ukrainian officials said. The Kharkiv Oblast Prosecutor's Office reported later in the evening that at least five people were killed, and two others were injured in the attack. On Jan. 30 head of the Kharkiv Regional Police Petr

A new Russian law requires Ukrainian children in Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine to obtain Russian international passports to travel abroad; experts say the move complicates efforts to flee the occupation. A law that took effect Jan. 20 bars children under 14 from traveling abroad without a Russian international passport, Russian state media outlet TASS reported, citing the migration service of Russia's Ministry of Internal Affairs. Russian citizens can travel to Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzs

Zelensky, speaking in Vilnius, said Lukashenko's dog has "more rights than the people of Belarus" and warned Europe to press back against Minsk's growing dependence on Moscow.

Zelensky met Lithuania’s president in Vilnius on Jan. 25 to discuss support for Ukraine’s energy system and air defense as Russian strikes continue, with Lithuania pledging nearly 100 generators for Ukrainian communities.

There are 1,330 residential buildings in Kyiv — around 15% of the city's housing stock — that remain without heating after Russian attacks on critical infrastructure, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Jan. 25.

Russia launched 102 drones and two Iskander ballistic missiles at Ukraine overnight, the Air Force said.

One person was killed, and another four were reported injured in Kyiv as Russia launched a mass attack on the capital overnight on Jan. 24, officials reported.

"We will not tolerate any violation," Emmanuel Macron said. "We are determined to uphold international law and to ensure the effective enforcement of sanctions."

Ukraine reported additional strikes on military targets in Russian-occupied regions, including Crimea, Kherson and Donetsk oblasts.

The cities of Dnipro and Kryvyi Rih in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast came under attack in the afternoon on Jan. 22, according to Ukraine's Air Force.