While lauded for its operational prowess, the S.B.U. has also cracked down on the opposition at home. General Maliuk has been accused of using his organization to investigate opposition politicians, independent media and anti-corruption activists; he has said he was investigating Russian espionage.

Amid a major government reshuffle that saw ministers trade portfolios and several senior security officials change posts in recent days, one notable absence stood out. Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko,

European national security advisors have arrived in Kyiv to discuss peace proposals as a U.S.-led diplomatic push to end the war in Ukraine intensifies

An overnight Russian air attack on Kyiv and its region killed two people, Ukraine’s authorities said on Monday, in what appeared to be the first reported deaths in Russian strikes on the Ukrainian capital this year.

In a grandly-staged, and much publicized meeting on Jan. 6, Ukraine and its Western allies celebrated a deal that would pave the way for French and British peacekeeping troops to deploy in Ukraine — once the war is over,

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has replaced the head of the country's security service as part of a top-level reshuffle

U.S. and Ukrainian negotiators will revisit the thorny issues of territory and the fate of the occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday, the most problematic points in peace talks to end Russia's war.

The commitments would come as part of a potential agreement to end war with Russia that Western allies are discussing.

An overnight Russian air attack killed at least two people in Ukraine's capital. Meanwhile, Donald Trump has said he doesn't believe Russia's claim that Ukraine attacked Putin's residence. DW has more.

Russia launched a sweeping attack on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Jan. 5. The Kremlin’s latest salvo comprised nine missiles and 165 Shahed-type drones, 137 of which were intercepted, according to Ukraine’s Air Force. Still, impact sites were recorded across 10 locations, with debris falling in nine others.

Fighting continued in Ukraine and Russia on Wednesday, despite international efforts to end the war. A man was killed by Russian shelling in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, Regional Governor Olexsander Prokudin announced on Telegram.