General Staff: Russia has lost 841,660 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

8:49 PM

Serbia

As protests engulf Serbia, President Vucic looks for support East and West

7:58 PM

BREAKING: Ukraine, US delegations resume work, to meet next week, Zelensky announces.

Ukraine and U.S. delegations have resumed work and are scheduled to meet next week, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced at the Special European Council on March 6.

7:46 PM

'The war continues because of Russia' – Zelensky's full speech at European Council

"Ukraine is not only ready to take the necessary steps for peace, but we are also proposing what those steps are," President Volodymyr Zelensky said during his speech at the Special European Council on March 6.

7:44 PM

hybrid warfare

Regardless of Trump’s Ukraine peace deal, war with West is ‘foundational to Putin’s rule,’ experts say.

7:14 PM

Ukraine working on alternatives to US intelligence, defense minister says.

"We are already working on alternatives, including requesting (assistance) from Germany if necessary," Umerov said at a press conference in Berlin.

6:39 PM

China's envoy calls Trump's treatment of Europe 'appalling.'

"When you look at how the Trump administration has implemented a brazen and domineering policy towards Europe, treating its allies in this way, honestly, from a European perspective, it's quite appalling," China's special envoy for European affairs, Lu Shaye, said.

6:27 PM

defense industry

The Czech weapons giant replacing the Kalashnikov in Ukraine’s army

5:36 PM

Families of Ukrainian POWs rally outside US Embassy, demand 'all-for-all' exchange before peace deal.

Protesters demanded an "all-for-all" prisoner exchange before any peace deal with Russia is signed.

4:00 PM

Ukraine's central bank raises key policy rate to 15.5%, warns about foreign policy risks.

The move marks the second raise of the key policy rate since the beginning of 2025. In late January, the central bank raised it from 13.5% to 14.5%.

3:43 PM

European air forces could protect Ukraine from Russian aerial strikes, experts suggest.

According to the plan, developed by former British Air Force planners in cooperation with Ukraine's Armed Forces, the protection zone would cover Ukraine's three operational nuclear power plants, as well as the cities of Odesa and Lviv in Ukraine's south and west.

3:25 PM

Poland, Lithuania signal openness to French nuclear deterrence for Europe.

"This readiness of France, this is something very promising," Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk told reporters in Brussels on the sidelines of an EU summit. "We have to treat this proposal seriously."

2:41 PM

Trump's team plans to revoke legal status of 240,000 Ukrainian refugees, Reuters reports.

The plan predates U.S. President Donald Trump's public spat with President Volodymyr Zelensky on Feb. 28 and is part of broader efforts to revoke the legal status of more than 1.8 million people staying in the U.S. on humanitarian grounds, Reuters reported.

1:47 PM

Opinion

US set to abandon partners again as history repeats in Ukraine

1:47 PM

US is destroying world order, Ukraine's ex-commander-in-chief Zaluzhnyi says.

"We see that it's not just the axis of evil and Russia trying to revise the world order, but the U.S. is finally destroying this order," said Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Ukraine's former commander-in-chief and current ambassador to the U.K.

12:58 PM

Opinion

Zelensky’s Oval Office berating sends a stark warning to the Middle East

12:58 PM

Zelensky arrives in Brussels for EU summit on Ukraine, defense.

President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Brussels on March 6 to attend an emergency EU summit to discuss further support for Ukraine and increased defense spending.

11:43 PM  (Updated:  March 6, 2025 12:53 pm)

Russian missile attack on hotel in Kryvyi Rih kills 4, injures 32, including child.

Fourteen of the injured victims are in serious condition, Governor Serhii Lysak said the morning after the attack.

12:51 PM

Arsen Zhumadilov officially appointed as new Defense Procurement Agency head.

Arsen Zhumadilov resigned from his position as chief of the State Rear Operator (DOT). Andrii Sozanskyi, DOT's executive director, replaced him as acting director.

12:42 PM

Poroshenko, Tymoshenko confirm 'transparent' contacts with allies but reaffirm opposition to elections during war.

Ex-President Petro Poroshenko's team works "publicly and transparently" with U.S. partners to ensure bipartisan support for Kyiv, Poroshenko said on March 6.

12:08 PM

Romania expels 2 Russian diplomats in connection to Georgescu's case, media reports.

Romania said on March 5 that it had expelled Russian military attache Victor Makovskiy and his deputy, Evgeny Ignatiev, for breaching diplomatic rules of conduct.

11:27 AM

US intelligence sharing pause affects Russian aerial strikes warnings, NYT reports.

A senior Ukrainian official told the NYT that the pause in intelligence sharing would make it more difficult for the Ukrainian forces to hit Russian targets. However, Kyiv had access to other satellite imagery, they added.

11:03 AM

Russia formally appoints new ambassador to US.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on March 6 appointing Alexander Darchiev as Russia's new ambassador to Washington.

10:43 AM

France providing intelligence to Ukraine, minister assures after US freeze.

"We have intelligence resources that we are providing to the Ukrainians," French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu said on air on France Inter.

10:21 AM

Russian attacks against Ukraine kill at least 8, injure 39 over past day.

Ukrainian forces downed 68 out of the 112 drones, including Shahed-type attack drones, as well as two ballistic missiles of either the Iskander-M or the North Korean KN-23 model launched by Russia overnight, the Air Force reported.

9:36 AM

Lithuania exits Convention on Cluster Munitions.

The Lithuanian parliament voted to exit the treaty last July, leading to Vilnius submitting documents for withdrawal in the autumn of that year. The six-month deadline for leaving the convention expired on March 6.