"The losses are terrible, and even the Russians will struggle to replace that level of losses," Sir Richard Moore, the former MI6 chief, said.

Kyiv Independent reporters on the ground reported hearing two explosions around 2:50 p.m. local time.

The European Parliament voted to approve a 90 billion euros ($107 billion) loan to Ukraine, securing a large chunk of the country's budgetary and military needs for the next two years as the war approaches its fourth anniversary.

Valentyna Popova, an 85-year-old retired mathematician, lives in an apartment block on Kyiv’s east bank that is only minutes away from a city-installed "Invincibility Point," an emergency winter heating hub offering warmth, a place to charge devices, and sometimes tea or hot meals. She, however, is unable to reach the hub. While her flat is on the ground floor, mobility issues keep her inside, forcing her to rely entirely on volunteers stepping in to support residents that fell through the crac

"Learn from us and don't underestimate the threat coming from Russia," Maksym Timchenko, the head of DTEK, said.

The comments mark the third consecutive day of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's criticism of the U.S. approach.

Take a moment to imagine this: In the depths of the coldest winter in years, a neighboring country decides to destroy your country's infrastructure. Why? Your neighbor wants your land, but it's struggling to win on the battlefield. Your neighbor has spent years trying to grind you down to surrender. Every now and then, it strikes an apartment block, a railway line, or a children’s hospital. Now, it focuses on destroying what modern life depends on — and suddenly, electricity, internet, heating,

Russia launched 129 drones at Ukraine overnight, the Air Force said. Ukrainian air defenses intercepted 112.

As of now, President Volodymyr Zelensky does not plan to announce presidential elections or a referendum on a possible peace deal with Russia on Feb. 24, a source in the President's Office familiar with the matter told the Kyiv Independent on Feb. 11. The comment came after the Financial Times reported that Kyiv was preparing to hold both votes this spring and that Zelensky could unveil the plan on the fourth anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion. "He wasn't planning to," the source said

Ukrainian drones targeted Russia's Volgograd oil refinery overnight Feb. 11, setting the site ablaze, local media reported.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has increasingly characterized his all-out war against Ukraine as a struggle for "sovereignty," yet what limited territorial gains Russia has achieved since 2022 pale in significance to the staggering dependence on China that has emerged. While the Kremlin had already been pursuing a "pivot to the East" for some time, this was never presented as the rapid wholesale embrace of Beijing necessitated by the protracted conflict. In fact, Western sanctions have left M

The number includes 820 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.

Ukraine's debt is ballooning. By the end of last year, the country owed over $213 billion to creditors — a hair's breadth away from the size of the country's entire economy. That doesn't include a new 90-billion-euro loan to Kyiv agreed by European leaders at a summit on Dec. 19, of which a sizable chunk will add to Ukraine's debt pile. As Russia's full-scale invasion approaches its fifth year and progress towards a peace deal remains uncertain, the anticipated postwar reconstruction boom is o

Kateryna Kotsar, a Ukrainian freestyle skier, said on Feb. 10 that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) barred her from using a custom helmet with the inscription "Be Brave like Ukrainians" at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

A Russian drone attack on Zaporizhzhia late on Feb. 10 left over 11,000 subscribers without electricity in the city, local officials reported.

A Russian strike on Bohodukhiv, Kharkiv Oblast, killed four people, including three toddlers, and injured two others, Governor Oleh Syniehubov reported overnight Feb. 11.

Key developments on Feb. 10 * Russia threatens families of Ukrainian POWs to register Starlink terminals, Ukraine says; * More arms purchases for Ukraine under NATO-led PURL initiative on the way; * 11-year-old child killed alongside mother after Russia strikes Sloviansk with glide bombs; * Japan to join NATO-led initiative to purchase US weapons for Ukraine * 'Second stage' of Ukrainian military's corps reform underway, Syrskyi says Russia is coercing the families of Ukrainian prisoners

"It is clear that EU integration can contribute to our common objective: securing peace and prosperity for Ukraine," a European Commission spokesperson said.

Russia is back to destroying Ukraine's critical infrastructure, following several days of reprieve facilitated by U.S. President Donald Trump's diplomatic push. Moscow's brief pause on terror was unmasked as a magnified attack days later. Russian drones and missiles were launched on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, leaving hundreds of thousands without water, heat, and electricity under the polar vortex temperatures as low as -20 Celsius (-4 Fahrenheit). Without sufficient air defense, Ukraine

Three European nations — Norway, Germany, and the Netherlands — have contributed the most to the program, the ambassador added.

The U.S. Department of Justice on Jan. 30 published over 3 million documents in accordance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act. The publication of the Epstein files unearths corruption and human trafficking in countries across the globe. In Belarus, the story had another twist. The files flesh out Epstein's personal connection to Belarus through 36-year-old Belarusian national Karyna Shuliak. According to the New York Times, Shuliak was the last person Epstein talked to outside prison befo

The east bank of Kyiv has been hit hardest by Russia’s latest attacks on the capital’s energy infrastructure, leaving tens of thousands of residents facing much of the winter without central heating as nighttime temperatures drop to -19°Celsius. "They destroyed our thermal power plant," 73-year-old Nina Pavlivna told the Kyiv Independent whilst standing bundled against the freezing afternoon air in the Darnitskyi District of the capital. "We don't know when it will be repaired". The most seve

Russian lawmaker Andrei Svintsov said Telegram may face restrictions because it "does not fully comply with the requirements" of Russian law.

"We stand with Ukraine as neighbours and friends," Moldovan Prime Minister Alexandru Munteanu said upon arrival.

President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Feb. 8 the opening of 10 offices for weapons export throughout the European Union by the end of 2026. "Today, we are opening exports," Zelensky wrote. But the reality is a little different. Ukraine's arms makers often lament that they can make far more weapons than the Ukrainian government has money to buy. Selling or building new weapons internationally can help, they say, but export restrictions keep them bottled up in-country. While the news that Zele

"Kyiv today is in a state of multidimensional crisis — managerial, infrastructural, and communicational," an open letter reads.

Ukraine says Russian forces are threatening families of Ukrainian POWs to get Starlink terminals registered for battlefield use.

So far, Ukraine has secured one substation in an underground concrete bunker with a second one underway, Vitaliy Zaichenko, CEO of Ukrenergo, Ukraine’s state-grid operator, told the Kyiv Independent.

The attack brings the official number of children confirmed killed by Russia's war to 681, according to statistics published by the Prosecutor General's Office.

According to the NHK report, aid that Tokyo could fund for Ukraine through the program would be limited to non-lethal provisions.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned against what he described as excessive optimism surrounding the talks.

"The increase in enemy losses is one of the results of the corps reform," read Syrskyi's quote in the post on the Ukrainian General Staff's Facebook page.