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‘No choice’: Ukraine eyes Kerch bridge in Crimea for drone attack

Third attack on Kerch bridge between Russia and occupied Crimea ‘inevitable’, say Ukraine’s military intelligence

Luke Harding in Kyiv

04, Apr, 2024 @1:41 PM

Russia-Ukraine war: Nato ministers agree to plan for greater alliance role in coordinating Ukraine aid, says Stoltenberg – as it happened

Allies will plan for ‘greater Nato role in coordinating security assistance and training’, says Nato secretary general

Lili Bayer

03, Apr, 2024 @3:29 PM

How to Win an Information War by Peter Pomerantsev review – the radio host who beat Goebbels at his own game

This compelling study of 1930s journalist Sefton Delmer reveals how he used ‘grotesque cabaret’ as propaganda to undermine the Germans’ faith in nazism – and how such methods could be used against today’s tyrants

Luke Harding

26, Mar, 2024 @7:00 AM

The Silver Bone by Andrey Kurkov – droll detective work in revolutionary Kyiv

The first in a series of crime mysteries by Ukraine’s most famous writer has a rattling plot and a torrent of enjoyable absurdities

Luke Harding

18, Mar, 2024 @7:00 AM

‘Maybe I’m bonkers, but I have a calling’: Ukraine’s medics on frontline

Doctors and paramedics in the Donetsk region describe their experiences of evacuating and treating the wounded

Luke Harding in Sviatohirsk. Photographs by Alessio Mamo

11, Mar, 2024 @5:00 AM

Russia-Ukraine war: British defence secretary in Kyiv to ‘raise alarm’; three dead in Kharkiv region after Russian shelling – as it happened

Grant Shapps visits Ukraine and urges ‘wake up call for the world’; overnight Russian artillery and mortar attacks kill two women and a man in Kharkiv region

Lili Bayer (now) and Emily Dugan (earlier)

08, Mar, 2024 @4:05 PM

Ukraine sinks Russian warship in occupied Crimea

Sinking of warship near Kerch strait deals further blow to Moscow’s naval power and its control over Black Sea

Luke Harding in Kyiv

05, Mar, 2024 @4:33 PM

‘On our knees’: Ukrainians near frontline say they pay the price for west’s hesitancy

As western nations fail to deliver the weapons and ammunition Ukraine says it needs, Russia is rapidly advancing in the east of the country using its superiority in air power and artillery

Luke Harding in Zhelanne with pictures by Alessio Mamo

01, Mar, 2024 @5:00 AM

Zelenskiy says 31,000 soldiers killed, giving figure for first time

Ukraine’s president also concedes western weaponry is in short supply at a crucial time in the war with Russia

Luke Harding in Kyiv

26, Feb, 2024 @12:19 AM

31,000 Ukrainian soldiers killed since Russia invaded, Zelenskiy says – as it happened

Ukraine president makes announcement during news conference in Kyiv

Tom Ambrose and Rachel Hall

25, Feb, 2024 @7:00 PM

Ukraine’s defence minister says half of western arms arrive later than promised

Rustem Umerov says F-16 jets are yet to appear and troops are running out of shells and air defence missiles

Luke Harding in Kyiv

25, Feb, 2024 @12:10 PM

‘It’s the new normal’: in Kyiv’s newest book store, readers fear how Ukraine’s story will end

Opening on a street where Putin planned a conquerors’ parade two years ago, the shop’s very existence speaks of optimism. But an air of resignation prevails

Luke Harding

25, Feb, 2024 @8:40 AM