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2:01 AM

Covid-19 patients face dilemma of infecting others while hiding in bomb shelters.

In late February, Kyiv resident Serhii Fokin had a tough decision to make: walk into a bomb shelter during an air raid and risk infecting those around him, or stay at home, risking being killed by a Russian missile. Fokin chose the second option, staying in his apartment’s corridor

12:11 AM

Ukraine evacuates 13,000 civilians through humanitarian corridors on March 12, twice as much as the day before.

Around 8,000 people were evacuated from the city of Sumy alone, according to Deputy PM Iryna Vereshchuk. Fourteen corridors were planned, nine of them worked out.

10:41 PM

Eugene Czolij: NATO member states must provide Ukraine with fighter jets without further delay.

On 14-16 September 2005, over 170 heads of state and government met at the United Nations Headquarters in New York during the 2005 World Summit, later described as the “largest gathering of world leaders in history,” and adopted the 2005 World Summit Outcome Document. The UN website states: “In paragraphs

10:31 PM

Danilov: Lithuania to become Putin’s next target if Russia wins the war against Ukraine.

Ukraine's intelligence indicates that Putin wants to target Lithuania, according to Oleksiy Danilov, secretary of the National Security and Defense Council. Lithuania was the first republic of the Soviet Union to proclaim independence.

9:35 PM

Survey: Over 80% of Americans see Ukraine as 'friendly' or an ally, 70% consider Russia 'unfriendly' or an enemy.

According to the survey by the international think tank YouGov, the vast majority of the U.S. now perceive Ukraine as favorably as they perceive France, Germany, and Japan. Only three countries – Britain, Canada, and Australia – are perceived more favorably.

9:07 PM

57 people, mostly killed civilians, buried in mass grave in churchyard in Bucha, local activist reports.

There have been many reports of the Russian forces killing civilians in Bucha, a satellite town near Kyiv. According to a local activist Oleksandr Ostapa, locals have buried 57 unidentified bodies near a church in Bucha, 53 of them civilians.

8:59 PM

2 Russian helicopters shot down in Kherson Oblast.

The Ukrainian military reports that one of the pilots survived and will be taken to the hospital.

8:50 PM

FM Dmytro Kuleba: Russians plan to organize a sham ‘referendum’ in Kherson.

The Russian forces, who control the southern Ukrainian city since March 5, will try to stage a separatist referendum to create a “Kherson people's republic,” mimicking what Russians did in eastern Ukraine with Donetsk and Luhansk in 2014.

8:37 PM

In 4 days, 2 million Ukrainians apply for $215 government assistance.

Individual entrepreneurs and officially employed Ukrainians from the regions directly affected by the war can receive $215 from the state. Applications are accepted via Diia, a state services app.

8:18 PM

SBU: Russian troops were ordered to shoot at civilians in Kharkiv.

The State Security Service published an intercepted phone call indicating that Russian soldiers received an order from the command to shoot at anyone they can, including at children.

7:45 PM

Peace talks between Ukraine, Russia continue via video conference.

The delegations met in person three times, with no conclusive results. The last meeting took place on March 7. Among the top priorities is setting the humanitarian corridors, especially for the encircled city of Mariupol.

7:33 PM

Defense ministry: Russian forces shoot at evacuating civilians, kill 7.

According to the ministry's intelligence unit, the attack took place on March 11 as a column of women and children was moving out of the village Peremoha in Kyiv Oblast, using the approved evacuation corridor. Seven people were killed, including one child.

7:11 PM

Minister: Germany to stop most Russian oil imports by end of 2022.

German Economy Minister Robert Habeck also told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung that Germany would stop importing Russian coal by fall. Yet, he added that it's hard to halt imports of Russian gas.

6:49 PM

Biden allocates $200 million in military aid for Ukraine.

The memorandum on military aid signed by U.S. President Joe Biden on March 12 includes money for "defense articles and services," military education and training.

6:29 PM

Forbes Ukraine: Ukrainian forces destroyed Russian equipment worth $5.1 billion.

According to the Armed Forces, Ukrainian troops have destroyed 2,593 units of Russian military equipment, including planes, tanks, and artillery.

6:07 PM

War Stories: Evacuees risk their lives as they flee to Kyiv.

While Ukrainian forces have, so far, successfully held off the Russian troops from taking Kyiv, the towns around the capital have become some of the most intense battlegrounds of the ongoing war. Russia seized the outlying suburban towns with vehicles and infantry, setting up checkpoints and, in many cases, cutting

6:06 PM

Zelensky: 500-600 Russian soldiers are POW.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said he can’t give an exact number of Russian prisoners of war due to the rapidly changing numbers.

5:33 PM

Scholz, Macron urge Putin to call immediate ceasefire in Ukraine.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron made the proposal during a call with the Russian autocrat on March 12.

5:10 PM

Zelensky proposes meeting Putin in Jerusalem.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said that he asked Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett to act as an intermediary.

4:57 PM

Zelensky: 1,300 Ukrainian soldiers killed by Russia.

This is the first time President Volodymyr Zelensky mentioned Ukraine's estimated military casualties. Russia launched a full-scale invasion on Feb. 24. Ukraine's Armed Forces estimate Russian casualties to be over 12,000.

4:50 PM

Zelensky: To seize Kyiv, they will have to destroy it.

"If there are hundreds of thousands of people, who are now being mobilized by Russia, and they come with hundreds or thousands of tanks, they will take Kyiv. We understand that," said President Volodymyr Zelensky, adding that Russia will have to enact carpet bombing and destroy the city first.

4:10 PM

Energy Ministry says 960,000 Ukrainians are without electricity.

According to the ministry, 260,000 Ukrainians are also left without gas due to Russia's war against Ukraine.

3:52 PM

Zelensky: This is the biggest blow to Russian army in decades.

In the recent address, President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russia hasn't lost more troops in 17 days in decades. He added that the Russian military are being taken prisoners en masse, while many are trying to flee Ukraine.

3:48 PM

Russian troops disrupt evacuation from Sumy Oblast.

Dmytro Zhyvytsky, governor of the region, said on Telegram that evacuation from the city of Okhtyrka had been disrupted by artillery fire.

3:22 PM

MoneyGram suspends services in Russia due to war against Ukraine.

The U.S. money transfer company said that it hoped for a "peaceful resolution to protect civilians across all impacted regions."

3:03 PM

Israeli prime minister denies proposing surrender to Zelensky.

Previously the Jerusalem Post and Haaretz cited a Ukrainian official saying that Prime Minister Naftali Bennett had urged President Volodymyr Zelensky to accept Russia’s conditions and to surrender. Mykhailo Podolyak, an aide to Zelensky’s chief of staff, has also denied this claim.

2:47 PM

Ukraine’s military intelligence: Russia develops two scenarios to threaten world with nuclear explosions.

According to Kyrylo Budanov, head of Ukraine’s military intelligence, Russia can either set fire to radioactive forests or use artillery to bombard the storage depots for nuclear materials, both leading to environmental catastrophes. In both cases, Russia plans to shift the blame on Ukraine, Budanov says.

2:13 PM

Russia concentrates military power for Kyiv assault.

The operative lull in the battle for Kyiv over the last few days seems to be running to its end. New indications suggest Russia is getting ready to relaunch a massive offensive in the region, the war’s main goal. Despite a very complicated situation with many of its main

1:59 PM

NPR: Russian attack on Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant veered near disaster.

According to NPR's analysis of the attack's footage, Russian forces repeatedly fired heavy weapons in the direction of the plant's massive reactor buildings, which housed dangerous nuclear fuel, and turned away Ukrainian firefighters even as a fire raged out of control.

1:47 PM

Kyiv authorities offer to set up Wi-Fi in bomb shelters.

The Kyiv City State Administration has launched a website, wifi.kyivcity.gov.ua, where residents can leave a request for getting an Internet connection provided.

1:36 PM

Ukraine’s military: Russian occupiers seize eastern outskirts of Mariupol.

According to Ukraine’s armed forces, the Russian forces are attempting to seize the cities of Mariupol, Donetsk Oblast, and Severodenetsk, Luhansk Oblast.

1:17 PM

Russia brings 11 engineers to Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.

According to Petro Kotin, the head of Ukraine’s state-run nuclear company Energoatom, Russian occupiers announced to the plant's staff that it no longer belongs to Ukraine and it has to operate according to the orders of Rosatom, the Russian state atomiс energy corporation.

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10:59 AM

(Updated: July 6, 2025 11:21 am)

Russian attacks across Ukraine kill 6, injure 22 over past day.

Russian forces launched four S-300 anti-aircraft missiles and 157 Shahed drones against Ukraine overnight, according to Ukraine's Air Force.

5:34 AM

(Updated: July 6, 2025 10:41 am)

Russian airports cancel flights amid drone attacks on Russia.

Russian air defenses on July 5 shot down four drones advancing on Moscow, prompting a temporary halt to outgoing flights at Sheremetyevo, one of the capital's main airports.

9:16 AM

General Staff: Russia has lost 1,026,440 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022.

The number includes 1,180 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.

9:09 PM

(Updated: July 6, 2025 8:26 am)

Pipelines supplying Russian military explode in Russia's Far East, HUR source says.

Explosions near Russia's Vladivostok damaged a gas pipeline and destroyed a water pipeline that supplied military facilities in the area, an unnamed intelligence source told the Kyiv Independent on July 5.

6:58 AM

Musk launches 'America Party' following public feud with Trump.

The announcement came a day after Trump signed his sweeping tax cut and spending bill into law, a legislative act that Musk has fiercely opposed.

4:17 AM

Rutte praises Trump in a NYT interview while warning of Russia's rising threat to NATO.

"Russia is reconstituting itself at a pace and a speed which is unparalleled in recent history," NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said, adding that "...they are now producing three times as much ammunition in three months as the whole of NATO is doing in a year."

1:49 AM

Kremlin's war economy shows cracks as military spending boom fades.

The slowdown indicates that Western sanctions, though not a knockout blow, are increasingly damaging the Russian economy.

11:09 AM

(Updated: July 5, 2025 10:50 pm)

Trump says Putin 'wants to keep killing people,' signals US may send Patriots to Ukraine.

"It just seems like he wants to go all the way and just keep killing people. It's not good," U.S. President Donald Trump said.

10:29 PM

Zelensky describes phone call with Trump as 'best conversation in all this time.'

"Patriot (missiles) are key to protection from ballistic (missiles). We discussed several other important issues that our teams will work out in detail at meetings in the near future," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

7:35 PM

BlackRock halted Ukraine recovery fund following Trump victory, France working on replacement, Bloomberg reports.

BlackRock, a U.S. investment firm, suspended work on its multibillion-dollar Ukraine recovery fund following U.S. President Donald Trump's election victory, prompting France to work on a replacement, Bloomberg reported on July 5.

6:05 PM

Ukraine hits Russian electronic warfare facility making Shahed, Iskander components, General Staff says.

The facility develops and manufactures Kometa adaptive antenna arrays used in Shahed-type drones, Iskander-K cruise missiles, and guided aerial bomb modules, according to the Ukrainian military.

5:33 PM

Russia captures 2 villages near Dnipropetrovsk Oblast border, monitoring group says.

Russian troops have been escalating their assaults in the area and are attempting to breach into Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, which has not seen significant Russian incursions since 2022.

4:44 PM

Ukraine's army chief warns of new Russian offensives in northeast as he visits Kharkiv Oblast front.

Russian troops are ramping up attacks in the sector using large numbers of troops, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said.

9:11 PM

(Updated: July 5, 2025 2:46 pm)

'Nothing but terror and murder' — Russia pounds Kyiv with record overnight drone, missile attack, 2 dead, 26 injured.

Fires broke out across the city as Russia attacked the capital overnight on July 4. At least 23 people have been injured, with 14 of the victims hospitalized.

2:27 PM

EU to help Moldova fight hybrid attacks from 'agents of autocracy,' von der Leyen says ahead of September election.

"Who is behind those attacks is clear to all of us here," European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said.

2:08 PM

Drone threat reportedly causes mass flight delays in Russia's Moscow, St Petersburg airports.

Some passengers reported waiting more than 10 hours, according to the pro-Kremlin Telegram channel Shot.

1:03 PM

Russia seeks to involve Laos in war against Ukraine, military intelligence claims.

Moscow is organizing the deployment of a combined unit of military engineers from the Lao People's Armed Forces to Russia's Kursk Oblast, allegedly to help with demining operations, Ukraine's military intelligence said.

11:49 AM

4 killed, 37 injured in Russian attacks on Ukraine over past day.

Russia launched 322 drones overnight, including Iranian-designed Shahed-type attack drones, according to Ukraine's Air Force.

7:44 AM

(Updated: July 5, 2025 11:10 am)

Ukrainian drone strike on Russian airfield hits bomb depot, aircraft.

The airfield hosts Su-34, Su-35S, and Su-30SM jets that Russia regularly uses in air strikes against Ukraine, according to the Ukrainian military.

9:20 AM

General Staff: Russia has lost 1,025,260 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022.

The number includes 1,050 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day, according to the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces.

8:00 AM

New NATO commander takes helm as alliance lauds outgoing chief for modernizing defense.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte presided over the handover, commending outgoing U.S. Army General Christopher G. Cavoli for his contributions to modernizing NATO's collective defense and bolstering support for Ukraine.

5:47 AM

Moldova's EU future rests on September election, President Sandu says.

Moldovan President Maia Sandu hopes her pro-European Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) will retain its parliamentary majority in the September 28 elections.

4:41 AM

NATO chief urges US 'flexibility' on Ukraine aid as Washington halts deliveries.

"The US has to make sure that the stockpiles are at the level we need for the U.S. to have, because they are crucial for our collective defense," Rutte told reporters on July 4. "At the same time, of course, we hope for the flexibility, we have to make sure also that Ukraine can move forward."

2:59 AM

'Coalition of the willing' for Ukraine to meet in UK on July 10, Politico reports.

"On the agenda, there's how to maintain Ukraine in a capacity to fight, how to increase pressure on Russia, and how to continue the work on the next steps," an unnamed French official told Politico.

12:44 AM

US did not halt weapons shipments to Ukraine, Meloni says.

The U.S. has "reviewed" the components it is supplying Ukraine, but did not halt assistance, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said.

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