RFE/RL's Live Briefing gives you all of the latest developments on Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Western military aid to Kyiv, worldwide reaction, and the plight of civilians and refugees.

A bitter and bloody war in Ukraine has devastated the country, further isolated Russia from the West and fueled economic insecurity around the world. The Ukrainian authorities are rounding up ...

Jon Jackson is a News Editor at Newsweek based in New York. His focus is on reporting on the Ukraine and Russia war. Jon previously worked at The Week, the River Journal, Den of Geek and Maxim.

The Kremlin dismissed inaccurate reports on U.S. plans for ending the Ukraine war, urging patience amid speculation of a Trump-Putin meeting ...

On 28 February 2022, four days into Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russian forces had already occupied some towns on the Azov Sea coast, got close to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power ...

Ukrainian defense companies say they cannot sign new contracts or receive payment — potentially jeopardizing future supplies to already struggling troops. By Constant Méheut Reporting from Kyiv ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said he had spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin about ending the war in Ukraine but declined to say how many times they had spoken, the New York Post reported on ...

Ukraine's forces have captured two North Korean soldiers fighting alongside Russian troops in Russia's Kursk border region, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday. He made the ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that excluding his country from talks between the U.S. and ...

We'll be back soon with more updates on the war in Ukraine. Before we go, here is a rundown of what has been happening over the last 24 hours: Ukraine is believed to have taken more territory in ...

Ukraine’s military has claimed its largest air attacks yet on Russian territory since the start of the war nearly three years ago as Donald Trump prepares to take the presidency in the United ...

The office of Russia's Prosecutor General said on Friday it had designated The Barents Observer, a Norwegian media outlet, as an "undesirable organisation", a move which effectively bans it ...