Ukrainian crisis

Day 449 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

Day 448 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

Day 447 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

Day 446 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

A Su-35 fighter jet of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter near Kupyansk with a missile, the spokesman for Russia's Battlegroup West, Sergey Zybinsky said.
"During combat in the Kupyansk area, a Mi-8 helicopter was downed in a missile attack by the Battlegroup West's operational/tactical aircraft," he reported.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky secured fresh promises of military aid during weekend visits to France and Germany to boost his nation's weapons stockpile ahead of a widely expected counter-offensive against Russia.

Ukraine said on Friday it had retaken swathes of ground near the frontline city of Bakhmut, as Russia insisted it had repelled an attack along a broad stretch of the front line.

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner mercenary group, who is spearheading Moscow's attack on Bakhmut, accused the Russian army of "fleeing" from around the eastern Ukraine city.

Day 443 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

Russia's invasion of Ukraine is "a fundamental challenge" for European security and a system based on international law and territorial sovereignty, Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias has said.

Day 440 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours: