Ukraine celebrates Independence Day amid war's latest escalation

In an interview with the Russian channel Vesti, Vladimir Putin threatened Ukraine's 'most vulnerable' economic sectors.

Putin warns Ukraine has opened ‘Pandora’s box’, rejects peace proposals

Participants in St Petersburg honour Russia’s tricolour with patriotic events and ribbon distributions across the city.

Photos: Russia celebrates National Flag Day amid war and tensions with the West

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said in remarks made public Sunday that wartime elections would be a "tsunami" that would "destroy the country". Kyiv has been engulfed in a political crisis over the summer, triggered when Zelensky fired popular defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov, who days later called to organise...

Raleigh celebrates Ukraine's 35th Independence Day amid ongoing war

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that holding elections during wartime would pose a threat to the country, following a controversial call by his former defense minister to pave the way for an election. According to the latest opinion poll by the Kyiv Institute of Sociology carried out this summer, only 1...

Zelensky sets out peace proposal to end Russia-Ukraine war

Ukraine wants ​peace but will not just give in to Russia at any price, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a defiant speech on Monday as foreign leaders gathered in Kyiv to mark its Independence Day celebrations.