Kyiv in a sentence

According to preliminary data, more than 20 Shahed drones were destroyed by air defence forces in Kyiv’s airspace, the Kyiv Military Administration says.

All 10 drones fired at Kyiv were intercepted, said Serhii Popko, the head of Kyiv City Administration.

Here's the published overnight war news from the Kyiv Post and Kyiv Independent.

In a major breakthrough for Kyiv, this week its Western allies finally announced shipments of large numbers of armored fighting vehicles, which Kyiv has been requesting for months for mechanized battles against Russian tanks at the front.

In this photo provided by the Kyiv City Hall Press Service, a fire following a Russian rocket attack is seen in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023.

Kyiv also broke off any potential for talks after the discovery of alleged Russian war crimes in Bucha, Kyiv, in March 2022.

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine denied on Wednesday that a Russian hypersonic missile had destroyed a U.S.-made Patriot missile defence system during an air strike on Kyiv.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A helicopter crash in a Kyiv suburb Wednesday killed 18 people, including Ukraine’s interior minister and three children, Ukrainian authorities said.

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian forces recaptured a war-ravaged settlement in the country’s embattled east, Kyiv’s military leaders said Friday, a small territorial win in a churning counteroffensive marked so far by small victories but no major breakthroughs.

British Foreign Secretary David Lammy and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrive at Kyiv train station Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024 in Kyiv, Ukraine.

KYIV (AFP): Russian shelling on Friday killed two people in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, while a drone attack by Kyiv in the Moscow-controlled east killed another two, officials said.

Kyiv: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy honour the memory of children during a visit to Martyrologist Exposition, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Aug. 23, 2024.

KYIV (Reuters) - The involvement of North Korean troops in the Russian invasion of Ukraine would be a "huge" escalation risk, Ukraine's foreign minister told a joint press conference alongside his French counterpart in Kyiv on Saturday.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Dozens of people gathered in a synagogue in Kyiv this weekend to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Purim, more than two years into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Oleksandr Yehorov (35), director of Lokomotyv Kyiv children’s football academy which was hit by a missile strike, inspects the damages, in Kyiv (Kiev), Ukraine, 23 January 2024, amid the Russian invasion.

Residents of Kyiv were woken up by loud explosions at around 5am local time as the missiles arrived at roughly the same time from different directions, said Serhii Popko, head of the Kyiv City Administration.

U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken (L) and British Foreign Secretary David Lammy arrive at Kyiv train station in Kyiv, on September 11, 2024, amid the Russian invasion on Ukraine.

A ballerina from Kyiv City Ballet looks at her phone during the dress rehearsal for the opening-night-gala performance at York Theatre Royal in York, England, on March 30, 2023.

A boom in defence orders due to the war in Ukraine, and in particular demand for Leopard tanks from Kyiv to help in the fight against Russian forces, has boosted both companies.

According to him, strengthening Kyiv’s position in future negotiations requires continuing to provide it with military assistance.