Major General Mykhailo Drapatyi’s appointment as head of the military has met wide approval in Ukraine, with many disliking the rigid Soviet-style of General Oleksandr Syrskyi, writes Askold Krushelnycky in Kyiv

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Kremlin says Russian forces will continue attacking vessels they believe are transporting weapons for Ukraine

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Ukraine is continuing its fight against Russia with new military leadership

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Ukrainian president says Kremlin aides signalling Russian leader alone responsible for frontline losses

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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has fired Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi as commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s armed forces

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Moldova's pro-Western parliament has elected investor Vasile Tofan as prime minister

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One is a tech-savvy entrepreneur with no military experience who became Ukraine’s youngest defense minister six months ago, leading it to successes in defending against Russia’s 4-year-old invasion

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Protesters were angry at Zelensky for sacking former defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov

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Ukrainian navy alleges Russian forces hit cargo ship with three cruise missiles and killed 10 of its 17 crew members

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President sacks former armed forces chief after days of street protests calling for him to go

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Russian President Vladimir Putin met with North Korea’s foreign minister and thanked Pyongyang for supporting his war against Ukraine, in the latest high-level diplomacy meeting between the countries, Russian state media reports

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Kyiv’s historic Lukianivka neighborhood has become one of the Ukrainian capital’s most frequently targeted areas during Russia’s war, yet residents continue to live and work there despite the constant threat.

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Hungary's government is investigating a major foreign investment by Chinese automaker BYD

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The new Prime Minister indicated that Volodymyr Zelensky would be one of the first foreign leaders he would call

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Ukraine has launched over 400 drones toward Moscow, according to the city's mayor

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Kyiv’s historic Lukianivka neighborhood offers affordable rents, easy access to the city center, a well-connected metro line and historic landmarks

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Russian capital has been hit by a major drone attack as fighting intensifies

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Andy Burnham is set to become the U.K.'s new prime minister on Monday, succeeding Keir Starmer

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Explosions echo across Kyiv as more than 40 missiles rain down on Ukrainian capital

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Authorities are reporting that a Russian attack on Kyiv has killed one person and injured eight others

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Huge plumes of smoke seen over Wildberries plant in Elektrostal near Moscow

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A Ukrainian woman suspected of being behind the bomb attack was found shot dead near Kyiv last week

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Ukrainian officials have released footage they say shows the bomb attack on a Ukrainian tycoon in Monaco.

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Russian attacks overnight on Ukraine killed at least four civilians and wounded 20, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said

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Andy Burnham is officially becoming leader of Britain’s Labour Party, paving the way to become prime minister next week

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Three Russian tankers also hit, Zelensky says

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Fedorov, 35, is the last remaining minister to have held positions in all of Zelensky’s governments

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The shake-up could become a test of Zelensky’s political authority as Ukraine’s fight against Russia’s full-scale invasion approaches four and a half years

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Pockets sometimes hold passports, military IDs or driver’s licenses

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Mykhailo Fedorov fell out with the head of Ukraine’s armed forces

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In Kyiv, a brother and sister walk through a military cemetery, carrying carnations

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The outgoing Labour leader is set to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Thursday

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Marc Beckman ridiculed for gushing praise of Melania Trump, whom he hailed for helping rescue Ukrainian children from Russia, despite others doing much more on the issue

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Hungary's former foreign minister, Péter Szijjártó, has resigned from parliament to join Chinese electric automaker BYD

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Lithuania's president says intelligence suggests Russia is planning attacks on critical infrastructure in the Baltic states or Poland

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President Donald Trump is expected to urge top defense executives on ​Wednesday to accelerate weapons production and expand manufacturing capacity

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Von der Leyen said she would announce new steps toward integrating the European and Ukrainian defense industries

The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was captured by Russian troops early in the invasion of Ukraine in 2022

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