News feed

9:25 PM

Biden signs bill providing $136 billion to Ukraine.

The package includes emergency military and humanitarian assistance.

9:10 PM

Russian warships shell Ukrainian coast in Odesa Oblast.

Two people have been injured, according to Odesa authorities. Satellite images showed 14 ships of the Russian fleet sailing towards the city of Odesa on March 15, among them a 120-meter landing ship Pyotr Morgunov of Russia's northern fleet.

8:50 PM

Ukraine extends martial law for another month.

The Verkhovna Rada has prolonged the martial law until April 25, from the initial end date of March 26. Lawmakers also approved a package of 21 bills related to the martial law and the war.

8:20 PM

Russia announces leaving the Council of Europe, hours before its expected expulsion.

It means that Russian citizens will not be able to bring cases to the European Court of Human Rights, and the Russian government can re-introduce the death penalty.

7:43 PM

Russia bans Justin Trudeau and over 300 Canadians from entering the country.

The list includes Foreign Minister Melanie Jolie, Defense Minister Anita Anand, and almost all MPs. The move was a reaction to Canada's support of Ukraine.

7:18 PM

Governor Synehubov: Ukraine’s military repels Russian assault on Kharkiv.

According to Kharkiv Oblast Governor Oleh Synehubov, Russian troops suffered significant losses and retreated from their previous position.

6:19 PM

Joint Forces Commander to lead Kyiv Oblast defense.

Zelensky appoints Commander Oleksandr Pavlyuk as head of Kyiv Oblast Regional Military Administration. Governor Oleksiy Kuleba will assist the military leadership, while Eduard Moskalyov will replace Pavlyuk as the head of Ukraine's military in Donbas.

6:14 PM

Ukrainian journalist Kuvshynova, Fox News cameraman killed by Russian artillery.

Oleksandra Kuvshynova and Fox news cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski were killed while reporting in Horenka, a few kilometers outside of Kyiv. Reporter Benjamin Hall was injured and has been hospitalized.

6:02 PM

Donetsk Oblast Governor: Russia takes patients, medical staff hostage in Mariupol.

Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko says Russian troops entered a hospital on the outskirts of Mariupol taking staff and patients hostage. “Russians drove 400 people from neighboring houses to the hospital and they can’t leave,” he said.

5:51 PM

Zelensky believes Ukraine will not enter NATO despite 'open door' policy.

"For years, we heard about open doors, but we understand that we cannot enter,” President Volodymyr Zelensky told representatives of the Joint Expeditionary Force, a UK-led expeditionary task force. He added that Ukraine needs "new formats of cooperation."

5:35 PM

Ukraine's military kills Russian commander Bezborodov.

Major Dmitry Bezborodov, a Russian National Guard battalion commander from Saratov Oblast, was killed in Ukraine on March 12.

5:05 PM

Mayor Klitschko: Curfew in Kyiv extended due to risk of potential escalation.

The curfew in Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast will last from 8 p.m. on March 15 until 7 a.m. on March 17. Overnight, four people in Kyiv were killed due to Russian shelling.

4:55 PM

Verkhovna Rada kicks lawmaker Kiva out of parliament.

Ex-lawmaker Ilya Kiva, from the pro-Kremlin Opposition Platform-For Life party, has been charged with high treason by the General Prosecutor's Office for supporting the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Several lawmakers from the same party are contemplating leaving parliament, according to Ukrainska Pravda.

4:19 PM

State Emergency Service: 17 rescuers killed since Feb. 24.

According to Gennady Gerasimchuk, spokesperson for the State Emergency Service, 32 were injured and one rescuer has been captured by Russia, since the start of the full-scale invasion.

4:04 PM

Vereshchuk: Evacuation corridor in Mariupol didn't start.

According to Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories Iryna Vereshchuk, the besieged southeastern city didn't receive humanitarian aid either.

3:23 PM

UN: Number of refugees from Ukraine reaches 3 million.

According to the UN International Organization for Migration, the number includes over 1.4 million children and about 157,000 foreign nationals living in Ukraine.

2:46 PM

Klitschko: 4 people killed in Kyiv by Russian airstrike.

A Russian airstrike hit a 16-story residential building in Kyiv's western Sviatoshynskyi district. As a result of shelling, a fire broke out in the premises. Russian shells also hit a residential building in the Podilskyi district, a house in Osokorki, and the Lukyanivska metro station.

2:39 PM

LEGO retailer raises over $16,000 to support Ukraine selling Zelensky, Molotov cocktails minifigures.

In a one-day fundraiser on March 5, Citizen Brick, a Chicago-based LEGO retailer, sold minifigures of President Volodymyr Zelensky ($100) and Molotov cocktails ($10) raising $16,540 to support Ukraine. Citizen Brick has already donated the funds to the U.S. charity Direct Relief to bring medical supplies to Ukraine.

1:52 PM

Ombudsman: 3 journalists killed during Russia's full-scale war in Ukraine.

Three journalists were killed in Mykolaiv, Kyiv, and Irpin, according to Lyudmyla Denisova. Many journalists have been deliberately injured by the Russian forces since Feb. 24, she said.

1:36 PM

Russia’s war kills 97 Ukrainian children.

Over 100 children have been injured since Russia launched its all-out invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, Prosecutor General’s Office reported. At least five children die under shelling every day.

1:32 PM

Ukraine’s military intelligence: Russia plans mass logging of Ukrainian forests.

Ukraine’s military intelligence published a letter allegedly written by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu asking for Russian President Vladimir Putin's permission to start mass logging of Ukrainian forests. The wood would be sold, and the money would go for the Russian army. “All forests in the temporarily occupied territories are at the highest risk,” Ukraine’s intelligence said.

12:52 PM

Local authorities cry for help in Izium, saying there's humanitarian crisis.

Volodymyr Matsokin, deputy mayor of Izium, said that residents were left without electricity, water, medicine, and food. The city in Kharkiv Oblast has been under siege for two weeks. According to local deputy Max Strel, Russians have been blocking humanitarian aid delivery and evacuation of civilians for the last three days.

12:14 PM

Russian missiles damage airport in Dnipro.

Two missiles hit the Dnipro airport on the night of March 15, destroying a runway and damaging a terminal, according to Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Governor Valentyn Reznichenko.

11:35 AM

Polish, Czech, Slovenian prime ministers to visit Kyiv on March 15.

Poland's Mateusz Moravetsky, Czech Republic's Petr Fiala, and Slovenia's Janez Jansa will meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky and Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal. “The purpose of the visit is to confirm the unequivocal support of the entire European Union for the sovereignty and independence of Ukraine and to present a broad package of support for the Ukrainian state and society.”

11:24 AM

New curfew in Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast will last from 8 pm on March 15 until 7 am on March 17.

Residents will only be allowed to go outside to head to bomb shelters, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.

11:17 AM

State Emergency Service: 7 people found dead under rubbles in Kharkiv.

Russian forces have intensified shelling of Kharkiv, a regional capital in eastern Ukraine, on March 14, leading to multiple damages and a large fire in the city's northwestern Kholodnohirskyi district.

11:01 AM

Ukrzaliznytsia to nationalize Russian freight wagons in Ukraine.

According to Oleksandr Kamyshin, the acting head of the state railway operator Ukrzaliznytsia, there are currently 15,000 Russian freight wagons in Ukraine. Ukrzaliznytsia plans to nationalize them under the recently adopted law allowing the seizure of Russian property in Ukraine.

10:30 AM

19 killed, 9 injured in Russia’s attack on TV tower in Rivne.

According to Rivne Oblast Governor Vitalii Koval, there might be more victims, as the rescuers are still working at the scene. The missile strike happened in the early morning of March 14 in Rivne, a regional capital in northwestern Ukraine.

10:03 AM

Ukraine’s military: Over 13,500 Russian troops have been killed since Feb 24.

As of 9 a.m. on March 15, Ukraine’s military have also destroyed 1,279 armored personnel carriers, 640 vehicles, 404 tanks, 150 artillery systems, 60 fuel tanks, 64 multiple launch rocket systems, 95 helicopters, 81 aircraft, 36 anti-aircraft warfare systems, 9 unmanned aerial vehicles, and 3 boats.

9:54 AM

Four people killed following Russian attack in Rubizhne.

Serhiy Haidai, the governor of Luhansk Oblast, said on March 15 that Russian forces destroyed three school buildings along with a boarding school for visually impaired children and a hospital in Rubizhne, a city in Luhansk Oblast.

8:37 AM

Russian forces shoot at evacuating civilians in Hostomel.

According to National Police, the first 10 buses of evacuees safely left the town, when Russians opened fire on the next four buses. One woman was killed, two men injured as a result of attack.

8:17 AM

Shock wave damages facade of the Lukyanivska metro station in Kyiv early on March 15.

The station will be closed for transit users until repairs can be affected.

News Feed

11:30 PM

Ukraine's 2026 budget could face $19B shortfall as Europe weighs how to fill the gap, FT reports.

The financial hole in Ukraine's budget is linked to reduced U.S. support and the lack of prospects for a swift ceasefire with Russia that Europe had hoped for, the Financial Times reported.

11:08 PM

Ukraine's ambassador to US will be replaced, foreign minister confirms.

"She is extremely effective and charismatic, but surely every diplomat has a rotation cycle," Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said of Ambassador Oksana Markarova.

10:28 PM

Ukraine's Naftogaz brings new high-yield gas well online as country reserves run low.

The 5.7-kilometer deviated well was drilled and commissioned six weeks ahead of schedule as Ukraine works to boost domestic production amid Russian attacks on its energy infrastructure, including gas storage facilities in western Ukraine.

10:18 PM

ICC issues arrest warrants for Taliban leaders as Russia recognizes their legitimacy.

In a statement, the ICC named Taliban supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada and Afghanistan's top judge Abdul Hakim Haqqani as suspects in a campaign of systematic oppression targeting women, girls, and others who do not conform to the group's rigid gender ideology.

10:17 PM

US only has 25% of Patriot missiles needed for war plans, Guardian reports.

According to officials familiar with the matter, the Pentagon's munitions tracker showed Patriot interceptor stocks had dipped below acceptable levels. That prompted concerns that sending more to Ukraine could put U.S. defense readiness at risk.

10:03 PM

War update

Ukraine war latest: Trump reportedly pledges to send 10 Patriot missiles to Ukraine, asks Germany to send battery.

9:04 PM

Putin throws 'a lot of b*llshit', Trump says as he 'looks strongly' at Russia sanctions bill.

Trump also addressed U.S. legislation on sanctions, saying the Senate's Russia sanctions bill was "totally optional" for him to implement or terminate. "I'm looking at it very strongly," Trump said.

8:38 PM

Ukrainian businesses outraged as government blocks economic crimes bureau chief nominee.

Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers rejected a nominee to lead the economic crimes agency, drawing swift criticism from lawmakers and businesses over alleged interference in the selection process.

7:17 PM

Russia's crude exports fall to lowest level since February.

Seaborne crude flows averaged 3.12 million barrels a day over the four weeks to July 6, a 3% decline from the previous period ending June 29, according to tanker-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg. That's the lowest level recorded since the four-week period ending Feb. 23.

7:02 PM

War analysis

Dnipropetrovsk village likely contested despite Russia's claim of its capture

6:19 PM

Three men convicted in London arson plot tied to Russia's Wagner Group.

The ringleader, Dylan Earl, 21, had already pleaded guilty to aggravated arson over the 2024 blaze targeting companies that were supplying Elon Musk's Starlink satellite equipment to Ukraine.

5:15 PM

Trump reportedly pledges to send 10 Patriot missiles to Ukraine, asks Germany to send battery.

During the call with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, U.S. President Donald Trump proposed that Germany sell one of its own Patriot batteries to Ukraine.

4:28 PM

Business

Ukraine’s minerals fund focus of private investment ahead of major recovery conference

4:17 PM

Opinion

Seeing war through the lens of narcissism

3:58 PM

Ukraine sanctions 5 Chinese firms for supplying components used in Russian drones.

The decree follows a publication by Ukraine's Security Service (SBU), which said it recovered Chinese-made parts from downed Shahed drones during a July 4 air assault on Kyiv.

3:52 PM

Opinion

How to enter Ukraine’s defense market: A short guide for foreign companies

3:27 PM

Interview

'Some are forged into poets during hostilities' — Medic, former POW, and poet on how war is shaping Ukraine's writers

3:16 PM

Putin signs decree allowing foreigners to serve in Russian army during mobilization.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's partial mobilization decree from Sept. 21, 2022, remains in force and has never been formally rescinded.

3:12 PM

'Torture was not just cruel, it was inhuman' — Ukrainian soldier dies weeks after release from Russian captivity.

Soldier Valery Zelensky had spent 39 months in Russian captivity. Just 22 days later, on June 16, his heart stopped.

2:18 PM

(Updated: July 8, 2025 3:08 pm)

Europe's largest port prepares for NATO arms shipments, potential war with Russia.

Rotterdam has previously handled weapons shipments, but this marks the first time that it will designate a special berth for military use.

9:56 AM

(Updated: July 8, 2025 3:03 pm)

Russia's Black Sea Fleet shrinks presence in key Crimean bay, Ukrainian partisans say.

The remaining combat units are periodically rotated and redeployed in an apparent effort to avoid detection by Ukrainian reconnaissance, the Atesh partisan group said.

1:33 PM

(Updated: July 8, 2025 1:34 pm)

Ukraine's ambassador to the US to be dismissed, source says.

Oksana Markarova has held the post since April 2021.

7:45 PM

(Updated: July 8, 2025 1:30 pm)

Minerals

Exclusive: Ukraine pitches US modernizes its largest oil refinery as part of minerals deal

12:27 PM

Overcoming Slovakia, Hungary opposition, EU set to approve new Russia sanctions package this week, Ukrainian official says.

In late June, EU ambassadors did not approve the sanctions package because of objections from Budapest and Bratislava.

11:13 AM

9 killed, 81 injured in Russian attacks on Ukraine over past day.

Ukraine's Air Force said Russia launched 54 drones overnight, including Iranian-designed Shahed-type attack drones, and fired four S-300/400 guided missiles.

MORE NEWS

News feed

News Feed

Most popular

Editors' Picks

Subscribe