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– US to send Ukraine advanced weapons, as battle for east rage – President Joe Biden has said the United States will send more advanced rocket systems to Ukraine, as Russian troops press their ferocious bid to complete the capture of a ke...

The Ukrainian national football team takes on its Scottish counterpart on Wednesday, June 1, at Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland. The game kicks off at 21.45 Kyiv time. The prize for the winner is a big one, the chance to play at the World Cup Final...

Russians seize half of key eastern city of Severodonetsk Russian forces have seized control of half of the eastern Ukraine city of Severodonetsk, a senior official says. “Unfortunately, the front line divides the city in half. But the city is s...

Life today in the Russian–occupied city of Kherson in southern Ukraine resembles the regime described in George Orwell’s dystopian novel “1984”.  The only difference is that it is happening in reality. This is the story of one fa...

Two Russian soldiers were both sentenced to more than 11 years in jail on Tuesday, May 31, after a Ukrainian court found them guilty of firing artillery at civilian areas. Alexander Bobykin and Alexander Ivanov, the servicemen convicted in a court in...

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With the EU’s summit scheduled to take place on June 23-24 in Brussels nearing, Ukraine is stepping up its efforts to convince EU member states to grant it candidate status. On May 29, the Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integr...

EU agrees ban on most Russian oil EU leaders agree to ban most Russian oil imports, after reaching a deal with Hungary that allows it to keep receiving Russian crude.  The deal bans oil imports delivered by tankers but exempts pipeline deliveries, a...

Ukraine’s former president Petro Poroshenko, a rival of current leader Volodymyr Zelensky, said Monday he was authorised to leave the country after being “deliberately” blocked at the border this weekend. He accused the government S...