The European Union is on a high-level charm offensive in Ukraine this week, meeting the Hungarian minority in the west of the country to try to ease tensions between neighbours that are threatening Kyiv's accession bid.

Ukraine's navy said the modified anti-ship weapon struck the Elektrodetal plant in Karachev at a range of 150 miles.

Russia is struggling to meet its mobilization goal for 2025 in occupied Crimea, data provided to the Kyiv Independent by Ukraine's Center of National Resistance shows. In occupied areas of Ukraine, Ukrainians are forced to take Russian passports which make them eligible for conscription into the Russian army.

The blast came without warning. A Russian missile ripped through a cluster of townhouses on the edge of Kyiv, tearing facades from nearby apartment blocks and sca

On Sept. 28, Russia rained 593 drones and 48 missiles down on Ukraine in a massive 12-hour attack, wreaking havoc across the country. Ukraine neutralized as many as 611 airborne weapons, though at least 30 drones and five missiles hit their targets in 16 locations.

Captain “Ned” Harris, who has died aged 40, was a former Coldstream Guards officer who fought in Ukraine alongside the International Legion.

A Czech Republic-led effort gathers munitions for Kyiv from around the world, but an opposition party expected to win elections there has vowed to drop it.