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Ukraine expects Witkoff, Kushner to visit Kyiv in coming days, Zelensky says
U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner also plan another trip to Moscow, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
Ukraine risks billions in international funding amid stalled legislation, growing budget shortfall
Ukraine risks losing billions of dollars in international funding after the parliament's latest attempt to advance legislation required under its commitments to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) failed. Lawmakers failed to advance bills tied to Ukraine's commitments to the IMF on Sept. 1, despite Prime Minister Serhii Koretskyi's warning that failure to meet commitments to international partners could pose a "significant financial risk" as the war "becomes increasingly expensive." The stal
Russian commander shot just days after being linked to strike on Kyiv children's hospital
The Russian commander is reportedly Maj. Gen. Nikolay Varpakhovich.
How many more missiles does Russia have — and can it keep firing them?
From the start of 2026 through the morning of Aug. 27, Russian forces fired at least 1,858 missiles of various types at Ukraine. That figure alone, however, fails to show the whole picture. Over nearly eight months, Russia's missile campaign has changed character. After the large February salvos of cruise missiles, a significant share of which Ukrainian air defenses intercepted, Moscow has increasingly turned to massed attacks involving ballistic and quasi-ballistic weapons, which are considera
Russia strikes Coca-Cola plant, injures 6 in eighth straight day of attacks on Kyiv
Russia attacks the Ukrainian capital for the eighth consecutive day, injures at least six.
Fallout from 'disgraceful' HUR, SBU shootout deepens with more FSB accusations, denials
The competing accounts emerged a day after a confrontation between SBU officers and members of Ukraine's military intelligence agency (HUR) in Kyiv ended in a shootout with three HUR service members injured.
About Crimea
Russia invaded Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula in February 2014 amid the deadliest days of the EuroMaidan Revolution. Around 30,000 Russian troops crossed into Crimea, taking hold of the peninsula by early March 2014. Russia has continued to occupy Crimea ever since. Crimea covers an area of around 27,000 square kilometers (10,400 square miles), roughly the same size as the U.S. state of Massachusetts.
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"Today we want to warn every airline that uses Russian airspace, every insurer, everyone who still uses key Russian airports — Russian skies are becoming completely dangerous," Zelensky said.
