By air, land, and sea, Russia has launched a devastating attack on Ukraine, a European democracy of 44 million people, and its forces are on the outskirts of the capital, Kyiv. For months, President Vladimir Putin denied he would invade his neighbour, but then he tore...

Meanwhile, Russia, as expected, vetoed a UN Security Council resolution on Friday that deplored "in the strongest terms" the country's "aggression" against Ukraine and demanded the immediate withdrawal of its troops. Eleven of the council's 15 members voted for the...

President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine’s armed forces had “derailed” Vladimir Putin’s plans to capture Kyiv. Following intense fighting in Kyiv which saw an apartment building in the capital hit by a missile, president Zelensky remains defiant as he urged...