Ukraine’s capital came under a large-scale Russian drone and missile attack early Saturday with explosions and machine gun fire heard throughout the city, forcing many Kyiv residents to take shelter in underground subway stations.

Russia attacked Ukraine's capital Kyiv early on Saturday (May 24) with drones and missiles, triggering fires, strewing debris in districts throughout the city and injuring at least eight people, the city's mayor said.

Poultry brands in New Zealand are changing their spelling from chicken kiev to chicken kyiv. Ukrainians say the update of two little letters matters a lot.

For Ukraine and its allies, who spent months trying to win Donald Trump over to their cause in the war started by Russia, it is back to square one.

Russian authorities have shut down at least three airports in Moscow after overnight Ukrainian drone strikes. Flight operations were suspended at Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Zhukovsky airports after mayor Sergei Sobyanin said Russian air defences shot down six drones that were "flying towards Moscow", Kyiv Independent reported.