The battlefield is getting deadlier. Artillery and drone teams who once worked in relative safety are now often prey to drones, and evacuating the wounded is tougher than ever. Our report with the 3rd Assault Brigade’s medics for The Kyiv Independent is out: youtube.com/watch?v=0nfENx…

German comedian going around St Peter’s Sq pretending to media he’s a priest with the keys to the Conclave.

New investigation from Nick Paton Walsh: Radio communications intercepted by Ukraine and obtained exclusively by CNN appear to capture Russian orders to execute surrendering Ukrainian troops - in violation of international law. edition.cnn.com/2025/05/21/eur…

Армия России проигрывает войну на истощение. Неожиданно, но текущие успехи могут обернуться Пирровой победой. Разбираюсь в новом ролике: youtu.be/3OsjTxxz_Ns

As Ukrainian POWs die in Russian prisons, autopsies point to a system of brutality One of the most important stories Iʼve ever done, please read: apnews.com/article/russia…

At least 200+ 🇺🇦 POWs have died in RU prisons. Autopsies reveal beatings, torture, medical neglect—not the strokes claimed on RU death certificates. Bodies returned mutilated and decomposed to hide evidence. 95% of released POWs endured systematic torture. apnews.com/article/russia…

Trump’s envoy to Ukraine Keith Kellogg on ABC News suggests Russia is talking about US guarantees that Moldova and Georgia will not join NATO as well as Ukraine. Kellogg says it’s a “fair concern”.

I’ve been shown unreleased footage of Sunday’s SBU drone attack. I can confirm at least two A-50 AWACS aircraft were struck by drones; the FPV drones landing directly on the radar domes before detonating. Multiple Tu-22M3s can also be seen struck in the footage.

Appalling - the moment a Ukrainian mother and father find out their son has been found dead among the rubble after Russia’s strikes on Kyiv overnight.

“The best way to honor our parents' memory is to do something, whether big or small, to make our community just a little better for someone else." Beautiful statement from Sophie and Colin Hortman.

Asked how far his army will go in Ukraine, Putin says: "I consider the Russian and Ukrainian people to be one people. In that sense all Ukraine is ours."

CONFIRMED According to well placed US military sources, the Pentagon has halted weapons systems needed by Ukraine at a crucial moment in its fight with Russia. The weapons, which were already on their way to Ukraine and in Poland, include missile interceptors and 155 mm

When Ukrainians say that hundreds of Russian kamikaze drones are attacking Ukraine, most of you probably don’t realize just how big they actually are. Now do you understand what Ukrainians have to face every single day?

At least six huge, building-shaking explosions in Kyiv just after the Ukrainian Air Force warned of incoming Russian ballistic missiles. Hell here tonight. Putin must absolutely feel he can attack with impunity. He just spoke to Trump by phone hours ago. And the Trump admin

“Launched immediately following the call between Washington and Moscow, this was one of the most severe assaults of the entire war, a clear demonstration of how Moscow interprets diplomacy, intended purely as a message.”

Kyiv after last night’s huge Russian attack

“analysis by senior military officers found that the [now suspended Ukraine] aid package would not jeopardize the American military’s own ammunition supplies, according to three U.S. officials.” nbcnews.com/news/military/…

Russia unleashed its largest missile and drone barrage of the war, targeting Kyiv with a record-breaking overnight assault. Patrick Reevell has the latest.

"At 2 a.m. the gunfire stopped. We took it as a sign that the [GHF] site had opened. I ran with the crowds toward the food distribution site, stepping over bodies." npr.org/2025/07/06/g-s…

A cryptocurrency token designed to help Russians evade sanctions, launched by a fugitive Moldovan oligarch and a Russian defence sector bank, moved $9.3bn on a dedicated crypto exchange in just four months on.ft.com/4lgBeJk