After a second round of direct peace talks in Istanbul on June 2, it seemed like Russia and Ukraine were even further from an agreement to end Russia’s war on Ukraine than they had been when they sat down for the talks. Days later, the hurdles to peace may…

Russia continued to strike Ukrainian cities with drone and missile attacks early on June 5, killing at least five people in the northern city of Pryluky, where members of three generations from the same family died.

Spontaneous willow woods and intense biodiversity have flourished in the wake of the Kakhovka Dam breach, caused by an explosion two years ago in Ukraine's Kherson region. Russian sabotage was suspected when the dam, a critical hydroelectric power source…

One of Ukraine’s worst ecological disasters in recent years is now the site of a remarkable natural transformation, according to ecologists.

US President Donald Trump on June 5 compared Russia's war against Ukraine to children fighting in comments during a visit by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, telling reporters at the White House that “sometimes you're better off letting them fight for a…

Four people were killed and at least 20 were wounded in Kyiv overnight in a missile and drone attack, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said early on June 6.

US President Donald Trump is outraged by Ukraine’s decision to strike Russian air bases. The attack has caused anger in the White House and triggered a new wave of debate over the advisability of further support for Kyiv.

The city of Kyiv came under another combined Russian attack on the night of 5-6 June. Civilian infrastructure, residential buildings, cars and metro tracks have been damaged due to falling debris and direct hits. Four people have been killed and 20 injured.

Industrial infrastructure has been damaged and five people have been injured in a Russian missile and drone attack on the city of Ternopil.

US President Donald Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine Keith Kellogg has described the special operation Spider’s Web, conducted by the Security Service of Ukraine to destroy Russian strategic aircraft, as an example of effective and bold leadership.

Overnight on June 6 drone strikes killed at least four people in the Ukrainian capital, including three firefighters. RFE/RL photographer Serhiy Nuzhnenko witnessed the aftermath of several Russian strikes that were carried out overnight.

Russia has kept up the flow of men to fight in Ukraine by paying extraordinarily high wages and bonuses. Now some regions are dropping their payments. Experts aren’t sure exactly why, but worsening economic conditions.

The Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, was hammered by Russian drone and missile strikes early on June 6. Officials said at least four people were killed and 49 were wounded. Kyiv residents told RFE/RL correspondent Oleh Haliv how they ran for cover.

A London court set an April trial date for two Ukrainian men charged with orchestrating a series of arson attacks that targeted property linked to Prime Minister Kier Starmer.

Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, has briefed General Seán Clancy, Chairman of the European Union Military Committee, on the situation on the front line and the course of hostilities.

A much-anticipated political shake-up has finally happened in the Netherlands. The ruling coalition, which lasted 335 days while often barely holding together, has collapsed.

Three people were killed in Kyiv as a result of a Russian attack on the night of 5-6 June. Another 17 were injured in the capital and 11 in Ternopil, including six emergency workers.

On Friday 6 June, Russia claimed that repatriation efforts had begun, later asserting that “Ukraine refused to retrieve the bodies of its citizens”. Ukraine’s Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War has emphasised that Russia is manipulating…

Emergency workers have recovered a body from under the rubble of an industrial facility in Chernihiv, which was attacked by Russian forces on the night of 5-6 June 2025.

The Artek summer camp was founded to "educate the citizens of a Socialist society." At the centenary of its founding, the camp's storied history has been overshadowed by its involvement in holding Ukrainian children amid the Russian invasion.