A drone struck a residential building in Galati, Romania, overnight on May 29, Romania's Defense Ministry confirmed, after an ...

At NATO's Aurora 2026 military exercises in Sweden, a group of Ukrainian drone pilots was tasked with playing the role of attackers. The Kyiv Independent's Francis Farrell spoke with drone pilots from ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meets with Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha in Kyiv on May 29, 2026, amid warnings that Russia is preparing a new large-scale attack. (President Volodymyr Zelensky ...

The transfer would further expand Ukraine's fleet of Western-supplied fighter aircraft, which already includes American F-16s ...

New subscribers to Altinget.dk, one of Denmark's most highly regarded news publications, will receive a complimentary three-month Kyiv Independent membership as part of a joint campaign starting May ...

Russian attacks across Ukraine hit a Turkish vessel on May 29, as in separate attacks across Ukraine, at least 2 people were killed and 25 others injured over the past day, Ukraine's Navy and local ...

The strikes are a part of Ukraine's ongoing "long-range sanctions" campaign targeting Russia's military-industrial and energy ...

The plant lost both landline and internet connections for about 12 hours on May 27, marking the longest such outage since the ...

Editor's note: This is a developing story and is being updated. An oil refinery was struck by Ukrainian drones in the Russian city of Volgograd overnight on May 29, social media channels reported. The ...

Russia deploys new Pantsir systems on Moscow rooftops as Ukrainian drone threat grows * 3 Russian shadow fleet tankers attacked by drones near Turkey's Black Sea coast * Sweden announces 16 Gripens ...

The EU's top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, said on May 28 that the U.S. embassy was the only foreign mission to evacuate Kyiv following Russian threats of a major strike. "What we heard from Ukraine ...

Negotiators from the United States and Iran agreed on a 60-day memorandum that includes a temporary ceasefire, renewed nuclear talks, and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. officials familiar ...