Ukraine and Russia carried out their largest prisoner exchange since the beginning of the ongoing war on February 24, the Main Intelligence Directorate of Kiev's Defence Ministry said in a statement.The agency said 144 Ukrainians aged 19 and 65 years returned...

In a virtual address to the G7 Summit, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday that he wanted the ongoing war waged by Russia against his country to end before winter.The BBC reported that the Ukrainian President asked the G7 leaders reconstruction...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will virtually address the G7 Summit in Germany, during which he is expected to urge the delivery of more heavy weapons in the wake of Russia's ongoing war against Kiev.In his address to the country on Sunday, Zelensky said...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Belarus is being drawn into Russia's ongoing war against Kiev more actively than at the beginning, and that the Kremlin has already "decided everything" for Minsk.In his nightly video address on Sunday, the President...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expects the Verkhovna Rada, or parliament, to adopt European integration bills as a priority.The President's remark came a day after the European Union's (EU) decisded to grant the candidate status to Ukraine for the nation's...

Amid escalating Russian advances, Ukrainian forces in Severodonetsk have been asked to retreat from the key city in the eastern Luhansk region where fierce battles are currently raging, a top leader said on Friday.For several weeks now, Russian forces have...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has hailed the European Union's (EU) decision to grant his country candidate status for accession to the 27-member bloc, saying it was "historic moment" in bilateral ties.During a two-day summit in Brussels, the European...

Ukraine has submitted a new lawsuit against Russia to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) over Moscow's ongoing illegal invasion of Kiev, says Justice Minister Denys Malyuska.In a statement, the Justice Ministry said the lawsuit addresses "Russia's egregious...

Ukrainian Armed Forces are now in control of nearly 45 per cent of the separatist Donetsk region where fierce battles continue to rage, a military official claimed.Speaking to local media on Wednesday, Pavlo Kyrylenko, head of the Donetsk Oblast Military Administration,...

The total amount of assistance declared and provided to Ukraine, since the "invasion" launched by Russsia, by international partners is $30 billion, according to the June 2022 financial stability report by the National Bank of Ukraine."Ukraine's partners...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that the seventh package of EU sanctions against Russia must be approved as soon as possible."In all negotiations with foreign partners, I constantly emphasize that the seventh package of EU sanctions is needed as...

Ukraine has received 155-millimetre self-propelled howitzers Panzerhaubitze 2000s ((PzH 2000)) from Germany, Ukraine's Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov said."German Panzerhaubitze 2000s with trained Ukrainian crews have joined the Ukrainian artillery family,"...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned of "greater hostile activity" by Russia in the coming days, as Kiev awaits news on its bid to join the European Union (EU), the media reported on Monday.In his nightly video address to the nation, the President...

Five Muslim girl students from the Hampanakatta University College here have asked for transfer certificates from the college administration after being denied permission to attend classes wearing hijab.Principal Anusuya Rai has confirmed that the five students...

The UN has warned that thousands of civilians are stuck in Severodonetsk, a key city in Ukraine's Luhansk region where fierce battles are currently raging, with essential supplies running out.All three bridges into Severodonetsk have been destroyed as a...

Russian artillery is hitting an industrial zone where 500 civilians are sheltering in the eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk, the regional governor has said, and a bridge out of the city has been blown up, as fears grow for those who have not yet managed...

Ukrainian authorities have said that Russia forces conducted an artillery attack on the Vuhledar Thermal Power Plant in Donetsk, causing a fire on its premises.Citing the authorities, a local media outlet said that an administrative building on the power plant's...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russia may lose more than 40,000 soldiers by the end of June.In a video address on Sunday, the President said: "The Russian army is trying to deploy reserve troops in Donbas. But what reserves can they speak...

Russian warships are conducting drills in the Baltic Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry said as the NATO is holding exercises in the same region.Nearly 60 surface warships, boats and supply vessels, about 45 aircraft and helicopters, and some 10,000 soldiers...

An aide to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that the country is losing upto 200 troops a day while fighting on the front line with Russian forces.According to the aide Mykhaylo Podolyak, hundreds of Ukrainian troops are under relentless bombardment...