The European Union will provide an additional 80 million euros ($92 million) in profits from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine, the EU’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas announced on March 31. Kallas delivered the remarks to reporters in Kyiv alongside Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, while on a visit that coincides with the anniversary of the Bucha massacre. "The way to end this war is to confront Moscow, not reward it. Not to loosen sanctions, but to harden them," Kallas told reporters in announcing t

Hungary's parliamentary election campaign ahead of the April 12 vote is being fought even beyond the country's borders — and with an unexpected reversal of roles. Prime Minister Viktor Orban has shown restraint toward Slovakia's left-nationalist prime minister, Robert Fico, while Orban's main challenger, Peter Magyar, has adopted nationalist rhetoric, presenting himself as a defender of the Hungarian minority in Slovakia. In doing so, Magyar and his Tisza party accuse Orban not only of corrupt

Ukraine says Russia deliberately redirected Ukrainian drones toward Finland and the Baltic states in an attempt to provoke tensions and strain Kyiv’s ties with European allies.

The mobile app would be integrated with the current emergency software and be modeled on the system Ukraine uses during Russian drone attacks.

Poland's conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party is ramping up Ukraine-skeptic rhetoric ahead of upcoming elections, in what analysts say is a bid to win back far-right voters after its 2023 defeat. After pushing conservative Karol Nawrocki into the presidential palace, PiS tapped ex-Education Minister Przemyslaw Czarnek — a controversial hardliner — as its candidate for prime minister in next year's election. Czarnek has a track record of criticizing the Ukrainian leadership over historical

In a letter seen by the Kyiv Independent, EU Commissioner for enlargement Marta Kos outlined 11 reforms that Ukraine failed to complete by their respective deadlines throughout 2025.

A Tokyo-listed drone firm is breaking with the trend of Japanese companies avoiding Ukraine's defense industry by partnering with interceptor drone producer Amazing Drones, the first Japanese company to invest in the sector. The investment — undisclosed in size — will fuel a major production scale-up at Kharkiv-based Amazing Drones, with Terra Drone using its decade-long experience to handle supply chains, marketing, and global expansion, the company said at a launch event in Kyiv on March 31.

In September 2023, Russian national Igor Boichenko swam across a river and crossed a minefield to enter Ukraine from Russia. Boichenko was one of thousands of Russians who came to Ukraine that month. What was unique about him is that he didn't come to fight Ukrainians — but rather, to join their ranks. He signed a military contract and served as a sniper against his homeland. Then, he found himself locked up in a migration jail, under threat of being sent back, to the country he signed up to

Such actions are "not indicative of a broader shift in the U.S. Russia policy," a U.S. Treasury spokesperson told the Kyiv Independent, adding that OFAC regularly updates its sanctions list by adding or removing individuals and entities.

Failing to strong-arm NATO member states into joining his country's war against Iran, U.S. President Donald Trump has once again questioned the need for the alliance's existence. "We would have always been there for them, but now, based on their actions, I guess we don't have to be, do we?" Trump said at an investment forum in Miami last week. His chief diplomat, Marco Rubio, doubled down on March 30, saying Washington "will have to reexamine" its relationship with NATO countries after the war

Russia is signaling to the U.S. that it could seize the region by force within that period, and would then demand "different conditions" in negotiations, Zelensky said.

The prosecutor general has not yet approved the extradition requests for Mindich and Tsukerman, according to Abakumov.

Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Taras Kachka attributed the delay to "technical safety procedures."

Ukraine is fighting two battles at once: resisting Russia's invasion and reforming its institutions to meet EU membership standards. When corruption investigations target sitting members of parliament, these two realities can appear contradictory. During wartime, prosecutions of lawmakers may seem to indicate institutional fragility. In fact, the opposite is true. Investigating MPs during wartime is not a threat to Ukrainian democracy — it is evidence that the rule of law is finally reaching

The company in charge of the plant said the incident was caused by an "equipment malfunction."

Iranian cluster missile fragments fell around 30 meters from the Ukrainian Embassy building, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said. No injuries were reported.

The network was coordinated by a staff officer of Russia’s General Staff, who identified targets, assigned roles, and oversaw preparations.

Hundreds of kilometers inside Russia, oil refineries burst into flames, and the sky above airfields and weapons factories is filled with thick black smoke. These scenes, increasingly frequent in videos related by the Ukrainian military over the last several months,  are the visible results of an expanding Ukrainian deep-strike campaign. Its objective: hit critical military and industrial infrastructure far inside Russian territory, bringing the war directly onto its soil. The secret behind the

On March 30, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Kyiv is ready to implement a ceasefire during the Easter holidays. The following day, the Kremlin rejected the initiative.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov asked his Hungarian counterpart, Peter Szijjarto, to help delist Gulbahor Ismailova, the sister of Russia oligarch Alisher Usmanov, according to the investigation.

Russia launched 289 drones at Ukraine overnight, including around 200 Shahed-type long-range drones, the Air Force said.

The number includes 970 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.

Kaja Kallas, the EU’s top diplomat, arrived in Kyiv on March 31 alongside other European leaders, where she was met by Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha.

Iran has accused Ukraine of being complicit in military aggression due to the deployment of Ukrainian counter-drone specialists to Gulf countries, according to a letter sent by Tehran's UN representative to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the Security Council.

Several drones crashed in Finland, and at least one has been identified as Ukrainian, Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said on March 29.

When evaluating military technology, it helps to distinguish between two domains: the industrial and the battlefield. Rheinmetall is unquestionably a large company that produces effective weapons systems that actually work on the battlefield. This is a fact that does not require emotional amplification or denial. But those two domains carry different kinds of authority, and conflating them leads to poor analysis. The statement by Rheinmetall's CEO, Armin Papperger, about Ukrainian drones goes

Ukraine says Russia has recruited nearly 10,000 more foreign fighters over the past four months, bringing the total to more than 27,000 from 135 countries.

Ukraine's parliament is in gridlock as relations have broken down between the legislative and executive branches of government. The parliamentary crisis, as some have rushed to describe it, has been ignited by the President's Office's weakening influence over the legislature and a lack of communication between parliament and the Cabinet of Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko, lawmakers and analysts have told the Kyiv Independent. "(Svyrydenko) works only with the President's Office and does not wo

Ukraine will supply weapons and defense technology to Gulf countries under new agreements, President Volodymyr Zelensky told reporters on March 30.

The case involves a 52-year-old novice monk and a 24-year-old hieromonk from the same church, according to investigators.

Ukraine and Bulgaria concluded a 10-year security agreement on March 30 under which Sofia commits to help fund Ukrainian air defenses and co-produce arms.

A private company's air defense unit shot down several Russian Shahed and Zala drones in Kharkiv Oblast, demonstrating the "first results" of an experimental Defense Ministry project, Mykhailo Fedorov announced on March 30.