Ukraine

Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi says he wants "clear and detailed planning", including improvements on the front lines and the harnessing of new technology in Ukraine's war against Russian invaders.

An antiwar politician has been rejected as a candidate in Russia's presidential ballot as the country prepares to go the polls next month.

Valerii Zaluzhnyi had been popular with soldiers and civilians, but the country's president on Thursday said its military needed a new strategy to combat Russia's invasion, which has lasted almost two years.

The missile was among a barrage fired at the Ukrainian capital, with the country's president confirming at least two people had died.

Strikes during the morning rush hour hit residential buildings and infrastructure, leaving many wounded and at least five dead.

Dr Rudi Myhovych has come to Australia to plead for medical specialists to come to Ukraine as the war enters its third year.

The number of Ukrainians dying from burn injuries is surging, according to doctors from the war-ravaged nation pleading with the Australian government to send extra medical support to eastern Europe.

Andrei Medvedev, who fought in Ukraine as part of the Wagner mercenary group, fled to Norway across its Arctic border with Russia in January 2023.

The Ukrainian-born winner of this year's Miss Japan beauty pageant says she has renounced her title after a magazine published an article about her affair with a married man.

Ukrainian officials have not responded to the claims.

Ukraine claims it has used sea drones to sink a small Russian warship in the Black Sea as Russian investigators allege its military transport plane was brought down by missiles fired by Kyiv's forces.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the EU's approval of its aid package to Ukraine would strengthen long-term economic and financial stability as the war with Russia approaches its third year.

The young couple were captured separately by Russians early in war when they were both defending Mariupol.

Judges at the top UN court finds that Russia violated elements of a UN anti-terrorism treaty, but declined to rule on allegations brought by Kyiv that Moscow was responsible for the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says 207 captured Ukrainian soldiers are back home after the prisoner swap.

Both the Kremlin and Kyiv deny the conflict has reached a deadlock despite the sprawling front line barely moving in months.

Ukraine relied on a huge influx of volunteers from Ukraine and abroad in the first year of the war but now it's facing an array of challenges, writes Mick Ryan. 

Former defence force chief Angus Houston told Nemesis Tony Abbott considered sending 'a large military deployment' to Ukraine after MH17 was shot down.

Former defence force chief Angus Houston reveals how Tony Abbott considered sending a "large military deployment" to Ukraine after Russia-backed separatists shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, killing 298 people including 38 Australian citizens and residents.

Russia and Ukraine are trading claims and counterclaims over the crash of a military plane that killed everyone on board, including Ukrainian prisoners of war. Here's a look at what each side is saying, and what's next.

Russia and Ukraine trade accusations over the crash of a military transport plane that Moscow says was carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war and was shot down by Kyiv's forces, another heated episode in the information war that has been a feature of the conflict.

The 26-year-old was arrested after being seen in a video presenting the prominent war blogger with a bust of himself, moments before the explosion at a riverside cafe. 

Russia has accused Ukraine of killing 65 of its own prisoners of war by deliberately shooting down a Russian military plane.

Ukraine has neither confirmed nor denied Russia's accusation that it deliberately shot down a plane carrying 65 prisoners of war. Here's what we know.

A Russian Ilyushin Il-76 military transport plummets near the Ukrainian border, causing a large fireball and a thick plume of black smoke.