Ukraine: The Latest

Peace talks in Abu Dhabi end without breakthrough

Day 1,718. Today, as the talks in Abu Dhabi wrap up after a second session that lasted just 2 hours, US negotiators Kushner and Witkoff take off to Moscow. Meanwhile Rus

US demands seat for Europe as Ukraine peace talks resume after 9 months & Russian diplomat speaks to us for the first time

Day 1,717. Today, as Ukrainian, Russian, and US delegations began trilateral peace negotiations in Abu Dhabi after a nine-month pause, we ask if anything meaningful – ot

Russian data leak reveals 'staggering' death toll in Ukraine

Day 1,716. Today, as a data leak from inside Russia confirms the staggering scale of Russian losses in Putin’s so-called ‘special military operation’, we examine the fig

Trump and Putin plot ‘big, beautiful’ deal for Europe

Day 1,713. Today, a photo shared exclusively with Ukraine: The Latest suggests this week’s Russian strike on an aid centre, which has now killed 53 people, was deliberat

Death toll rises to 40 and 30 still missing after one of Russia’s deadliest strikes of war

Day 1,712. Today, as Ukraine’s attacks against Russian oil refineries – and Wildberries – spark huge blazes, the death toll continues to rise on the deadly strikes in Za

Putin and Zelensky brace for impact of Trump's historic midterms defeat

Day 1,711. Today, as President Trump is given a drubbing by the Democrats in the midterms, we ask what the result means and the opportunities it affords for Ukraine and

Ukrainians clash with riot police over mobilisation – but was Russia behind it?

Day 1,710. Today, as Russian carnage leaves dead and injured across Ukraine, including at an aid distribution site and a medical facility, Steve Witkoff says trilateral

Hoax nuclear alerts after cyber attacks on Russia and Ukraine

Day 1,709. Today, after nearly 800 people make it back to Ukraine having endured years of Russian occupation in Oleshky, President Zelensky thanked First Lady Melania Tr

Inside Oleshky’s chaotic evacuation as Russia ‘prepares fresh offensive’

Day 1,706. As the first buses evacuate residents in Russian-occupied Oleshky, Dr Jade McGlynn puts us on the ground with reports from local sources. During a brief local

Putin hails Musk the 'genius' as Moscow builds its own version of Starlink

Day 1,705. Today, as civilians prepare to leave occupied Oleshky while the ceasefire holds, we ask whether all is as it seems, with reports suggesting Putin approached M

Biggest Ukraine truce in years as fighting stops across Kherson

Day 1,704. Today, as the ceasefire in occupied Oleshky is extended across the wider region, we discuss disturbing reports that Ukrainian civilians evacuating the town ma

Guns fall silent in besieged Oleshky & Europe's forgotten children

Day 1,703. Today, as the ceasefire in occupied Oleshky – brokered by Melania Trump and the Pope – seems to be holding, we report how the Kremlin is already looking to ex

Musk admits shutting off Starlink & Moscow boosts defences at Putin’s dacha

Day 1,702. Today, as the Kremlin prioritises Putin’s lakeside retreat for additional air defence systems, the impact is felt elsewhere with multiple Ukrainian strikes ac

US first lady brokers surprise ceasefire in occupied Oleshky

Day 1,699. Today, we start with a breaking story: First Lady Melania Trump has brokered a localised ceasefire in the city of Oleshky, the White House says, after weeks o

Revealed: How Putin is using civilian fishing ships to spy on the West

Day 1,698. Today, as Russia’s ‘humanitarian’ ballistic missiles land in Kyiv, diplomatic efforts continue to try to get a trilateral meeting between Zelensky, Putin and

Witkoff praises Putin the 'humanitarian’ as Moscow kills Ukrainian children

Day 1,697. Today, Steve Witkoff arrives in Russia to meet Vladimir Putin, after fresh peace talks in Oslo. Trump’s envoy describes the Russian president, extraordinarily

Exclusive: Russia buys ‘holiday homes’ near NATO bases & Putin asks Trump for summit with Xi

Day 1,696. Today, as President Trump says Putin isn’t “doing much” in Ukraine, we hear how the Russian President has sought to make Trump an offer he can’t refuse: a tri

Zelensky defies Trump with ‘massive’ raid on sites across St Petersburg

Day 1,695. Today, following the temporary Starlink-Starshield shutdown last week, we reveal how Musk approached President Trump to slow down Starlink in Ukraine. Meanwhi

Trump: Zelensky is destroying Ukraine & Starlink restored to Ukrainian troops

Day 1,692. Today, as President Zelensky arrives for talks with European leaders in Brussels, Russia embodies the geopolitical equivalent of running to teacher to say big

Zelensky accuses Trump of 'betrayal' amid bitter Elon Musk Starlink row

Day 1,691. Today, as the blame game over who limited Ukraine’s use of Starlink and Starshield reaches fever pitch, we hear Elon Musk’s rebuttal while White House officia