Belgorod and the Belgorod district were subjected to a massive missile attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine last night," Governor Alexander Shuvaev said.

Russia launched a barrage of missiles and drones toward Kyiv overnight on July 6, hours after President Volodymyr Zelensky warned of yet another large-scale attack targeting the capital.

Residents of the small town of Vyshneve, on Kyiv's western edge, have described scenes of terror amid Russia's latest devastating missile and drone attack on the capital, as they found themselves fleeing a series of massive explosions after a strike on the town. "A huge mushroom cloud rose into the sky. Burning fragments kept flying behind us. They were so high, but it felt like everything was on fire," Diana Liashchuk, 21, told the Kyiv Independent. "I called my mom just to tell her not to wo

Key developments on July 6: * For second time in 4 days, Russia targets Kyiv with mass missile attack, killing at least 23 * Russia’s largest oil refinery in flames as Ukraine strikes Omsk, 2,500 km away from border * Ukraine strikes Russian oil refinery in Yaroslavl Russia launched waves of missiles and drones toward Kyiv overnight on July 6, killing at least 23 people and injuring dozens more, including seven children, just hours after President Volodymyr Zelensky warned of yet another la

President Volodymyr Zelensky and U.S. President Donald Trump will exchange ideas on how to end Russia's all-out war against Ukraine during a July 8 meeting at the NATO summit in Ankara, two people familiar with the matter told the Kyiv Independent. The meeting comes as Ukraine believes that there is now an opportunity to pressure Russian President Vladimir Putin to engage in direct negotiations with Zelensky. Kyiv hopes to capitalize on what it views as growing pressure on the Kremlin, while a

The CEO of the U.S. snacking giant Mondelez has openly acknowledged that the taxes the company pays in Russia help Russia’s war against Ukraine, but that it was the "right decision" to remain in the aggressor country. Just three days after that shameless interview, Russian drones struck a Mondelez factory in Ukraine, injuring two people. However much the management of Russia remainers may wish to look away, corporate entanglement in Russia's war economy has real and violent consequences. These

Supplies of Patriot PAC-3 interceptors have dried up, leaving Ukrainian air defense units powerless to defend Kyiv against Russia's fastest and most deadly munitions.   "We simply don’t have the missiles. We have nothing to use against ballistic missiles," Serhii "Flash" Beskrestnov, a military expert and adviser to Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, told Radio NV on July 6. The shortage of interceptors was starkly demonstrated a few hours earlier when Russia launched the second massive attack

The Omsk refinery was the last of Russia's 11 largest gasoline producers to be hit by Ukrainian forces.

Ukrainian photojournalist George Ivanchenko has graduated from Superhumans Center with a new, fully functional electronic prosthesis, completing a recovery made possible by nearly 1,500 Kyiv Independent readers.

A potential ceasefire would provide Ukraine a much-needed respite — but would raise difficult security questions for NATO states along Russia's frontier. Even as the U.S.-led peace push has slowed, officials in Kyiv still hope they can end the active phase of fighting before winter. And while Europe firmly backs these efforts, its planners are increasingly sounding the alarm about the prospect of battle-hardened, modernized Russian armies freed for deployment along the Baltic or Nordic borders

"This activity was unsafe and unprofessional," a U.K. Defense Ministry spokesperson said.

Ukraine's military carried out an attack on the Russian city of Yaroslavl overnight on July 6, reportedly striking the city's oil refinery, Russian Telegram media channels reported.

U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Turkey as part of a renewed effort to end Russia's war against Ukraine.

President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Russia is preparing another large-scale attack against Ukraine, calling on allies to accelerate deliveries of Patriot air defense missiles.

Key developments on July 4-5: * Zelensky calls Putin's Kostiantynivka bluff: 'Let's meet there' * Zelensky focuses on American 'Patriots' in US Independence Day message * Blackouts in Crimea as Kyiv hits military targets across occupied Ukraine overnight * Ukraine nearly doubles successful strikes more than 50 kilometers behind Russian lines President Volodymyr Zelensky has dismissed Russian President Vladimir Putin's claim that the Donetsk Oblast city of Kostiantynivka was under Russian c

In the latest episode of Ukraine This Week, Kateryna Denisova examines one of Ukraine's most unusual legal contradictions. Numerous adult content creators pay taxes to the state while risking criminal prosecution for the very work that generates their income.

Ukraine struck several substations in Crimea overnight on July 5, plunging the Russian-occupied territory into a blackout, social media channels reported.

"The number of targets hit at a distance of more than 50 kilometers from the contact line has almost doubled," Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said in a Telegram post.

Russia launched 125 long-range kamikaze long range Shahed-type drones, an anti-radar missile and three guided air missiles overnight, the Ukrainian Air Force said.

The number includes 1,290 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.

"It is good to see you. Thank you for your service, for defending our country, and for your courage. We are proud of you and wish you a speedy recovery," President Volodymyr Zelensky told wounded soldiers.

President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke by phone with U.S. President Donald Trump on July 4, congratulating him on U.S. Independence Day and discussing the battlefield situation, diplomacy, and efforts to end Russia's war against Ukraine.

Ukraine's Air Force said Russia launched 74 missiles and 496 long-range drones during the attack, most of which targeted Kyiv.

Russia proposed a temporary ceasefire in the front-line city of Kostiantynivka to facilitate a handover of fallen Ukrainian service members' bodies, and the Kremlin said that President Volodymyr Zelensky should travel to Moscow for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin instead of meeting in the embattled city.

The decision to place the Pantheon on the territory of the Kyiv Pechersk-Lavra is associating it with what Metropolitan Epiphanius, head of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, calls "one of the holiest places in the Christian world."

"When we ask America for Patriots, we believe that the values of respect for life and for people that prevailed 250 years ago will prevail again today," Zelensky said.

The EU's new steel allocation, set to enter into force on July 1, was introduced in response to global steel overcapacity, which has been hurting EU producers. The measure aims to restrict tariff-free steel imports to 18.3 million metric tons per year, a 47% reduction.

Witnesses to the accident claim it was provoked by a driver heading in the wrong direction on the motorway toward the minibus, according to Mykolaiv police.

The new footage was published just hours after another night of Ukraine successfully attacking military targets on the peninsula.

Some groups of Russian infantry troops have entered the embattled city, and the situation is difficult, but Kostiantynivka remains under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Head of Ukraine's General Staff Major Andriy Kovalev stressed.

Ukraine's military reportedly carried out an attack on St. Petersburg in the early hours of July 4, striking an oil terminal in the city, Russian Telegram media channels reported.

KHARKIV OBLAST — New recruits walk into a small, overcrowded log-framed tent, taking their place in the line for lunch to fuel up for the long day of training ahead. The line ends at two large steaming pots: one filled with potato-and-bean soup, the other with sausages. Laughter and chatter from those who arrived early enough to be the first to eat bring warmth to what could otherwise be a bleak atmosphere. The recruits would soon be deployed to the front, many of them about to face the harshes