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Kyiv Independentby Tim Zadorozhnyy26 Aug 2026
President Volodymyr Zelensky awarded U.S. billionaire and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk Ukraine's Order of Liberty by presidential decree on Aug.
Kyiv Independentby Yuliia Taradiuk26 Aug 2026
Russian attacks kill 4, injure 95 across Ukraine as FPV drone targets rescuers in Kramatorsk in double-tap attack Russian attacks killed at least four people and injured at least 95 across Ukraine...
Kyiv Independentby Tim Zadorozhnyy26 Aug 2026
Russian President Vladimir Putin did not meet with CIA Director John Ratcliffe during Ratcliffe's visit to Moscow, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told Russia's state-owned TASS news agency on...
Kyiv Independentby Tamara Nowakowsky26 Aug 2026
Archbishop Paul Gallagher, the Vatican's foreign minister, met with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Moscow on Aug. 25.
Kyiv Independentby Kateryna Hodunova25 Aug 2026
Slovak police detained three foreign nationals on Aug. 25 over an alleged plot to set fire to a Ukrainian-owned Skyeton factory producing advanced surveillance drones, Dennik N reported.
Kyiv Independentby The Kyiv Independent news desk25 Aug 2026
Ukraine war latest: Zelensky confirms UK, France approve producing SCALP/Storm Shadow missiles in Ukraine Key developments on Aug.
Kyiv Independentby Yuliia Taradiuk25 Aug 2026
Lithuania has pledged funding for seven initiatives to return Ukrainian children abducted by Russia and to enhance accountability for the crimes committed against them, organizers of the "Children...
Kyiv Independentby Chris Powers25 Aug 2026
Brussels says Ukraine made 'no official request' to get EU money sooner, despite Zelensky's public plea BRUSSELS, Belgium — President Volodymyr Zelensky asked the EU to speed up its payment...
Kyiv Independentby Dominic Culverwell25 Aug 2026
Sense Bank appointed a new independent member to its supervisory board a week after anti-corruption investigators accused the bank’s CEO, Oleksiy Stupak, and former supervisory board chairman...
Kyiv Independentby Tania Myronyshena25 Aug 2026
Ukraine has received approval from the U.K. and France to produce long-range Storm Shadow/SCALP missiles, President Volodymyr Zelensky said during a press conference with Estonian President Alar...
Kyiv Independentby Martin Fornusek25 Aug 2026
Editor's note: The story has been updated with the latest details. The U.S. asked Ukraine not to strike Moscow and St.
Kyiv Independentby Tim Zadorozhnyy25 Aug 2026
'He's sort of like Hitler' — Trump's ex-Ukraine envoy Kellogg warns Putin won't stop at Donbas Russia would not end its war against Ukraine even if it captured all of Donbas, former U.S.
Kyiv Independentby Tania Myronyshena25 Aug 2026
Chernihiv Oblast hit by 45 Russian attacks as 5 killed, dozens injured across Ukraine in past day Russian attacks across Ukraine killed at least five people and injured 99 others over the past day...
Kyiv Independentby Chris Powers25 Aug 2026
The European Commission on Aug. 25 reiterated that it is vital for Ukraine to continue advancing rule-of-law reforms and the fight against corruption if it is ever to join the bloc, days after the...
Kyiv Independentby Oleg Sukhov25 Aug 2026
Lawmaker Vadym Stolar has been charged in absentia as part of a major corporate raiding case involving officials of the President’s Office, Semen Kryvonos, head of the National Anti-Corruption...
Kyiv Independentby Tania Myronyshena25 Aug 2026
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov accused Ukrainian authorities of trying to "ideologically destabilize the situation" in Russia by spreading reports about a possible new Russian mobilization, in...
Kyiv Independentby Martin Fornusek25 Aug 2026
The U.S. did not join an Aug. 24 appeal by over 50 U.N. members urging Russia to halt its aggression against Ukraine and cease strikes against civilians.
Kyiv Independentby Dmytro Basmat25 Aug 2026
'Quite clear what I need to do' — UK PM Burnham, European leaders plan to lobby Trump on Patriot missiles for Ukraine U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham and other European leaders plan to lobby U.S.
Kyiv Independentby Lachlan Hyatt25 Aug 2026
'Unbelievably stupid' — UK man becomes first reported British national to die fighting for Russia in Ukraine A fisherman from the United Kingdom is believed to have died in combat in eastern...
Kyiv Independentby Lachlan Hyatt24 Aug 2026
Ukraine's First Lady, Olena Zelenska, led the sixth Summit of First Ladies and Gentlemen in Kyiv on Aug.
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