President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed Presidential Office Deputy Head Roman Mashovets, the President’s Office wrote on Dec. 30.

Mashovets had been in the role since April 2020 under the Presidential Office Head Andriy Yermak and oversaw the military …

Russia has lost 789,550 troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022, the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces reported on Dec. 31.

This number includes 1,610 casualties Russian forces suffered just over …

Ruslan Kravchenko, the governor of Kyiv Oblast, and Filip Pronin, the governor of Poltava Oblast, were dismissed on Dec. 30 and are expected to be appointed to new positions soon.

According to a Telegram post from lawmaker Yaroslav Zhelezniak, the …

Ukraine will increase gas transit tariffs for its domestic customers fourfold starting Jan. 1 when a deal to transport Russian gas through Ukrainian pipes expires, the National Energy Regulatory Commission said during a meeting on Dec. 30.

Russia has …

The Ukrainian police on Dec. 29 named the Russian commander who is suspected to be responsible for the murder of Iryna Filkina, the Ukrainian woman who came to symbolize the mass murder of civilians in Bucha in 2022.

The photo of Filkina’s hand …

Preliminary data shows that Ukraine’s exports grew by more than 13% over the past year, primarily due to stabilizing the functioning of Ukrainian seaports, Economy Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko said on Dec. 30.

As of Dec. 26, Ukraine exported 129.2 …

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When a sapper with the call sign “Boroda” asked his friends, the founders of the Rovertech company, to create something for demining, and provided …

President Volodymyr Zelensky appointed human rights activist Olha Reshetylova to the newly created position of military ombudsman on Dec. 30.

Ukraine’s Defense Ministry announced in April that it would create the position to ensure soldiers had …

Germany’s Federal Prosecutor’s Office charged three German-Russian citizens from the town of Bayreuth with spying for Moscow, the office’s spokesperson told Der Spiegel newspaper on Dec. 30.

The main suspect is 40-year-old Dieter S., …

Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha expressed Kyiv’s position on Russia’s military presence in Syria to leaders of the new Syrian administration during a diplomatic visit to Damascus on Dec. 30, a spokesperson for the Ukrainian …

Editor’s Note: Stanislav Aseyev is a Ukrainian writer, journalist, veteran, and a survivor of the Izolyatsia prison in Russia-occupied Donetsk, infamous for its torture of prisoners. He was the first Ukrainian journalist to see to the Sednaya …

Ukrainian partisans in Russia’s Moscow Oblast set fire to two locomotives overnight on Dec. 30 destined for occupied regions of Ukraine, according to Petro Andriushchenko, an advisor to the exiled mayor of the Russian-occupied Mariupol.

In his …

As Russian troops continued to hold an advantage on the ground, Ukraine has been keen to level the power in the air.

In 2024, Ukrainian forces bet on drones, hitting targets thousands of kilometers deep inside Russia.

Ukrainian attacks have targeted …

Editor’s note: The story is being updated.

Ukraine managed to bring back 189 Ukrainians from Russian captivity, including military service members and two civilians, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Dec. 30.

The Ukrainian Coordination …

Ukraine’s largest telecommunications operator, Kyivstar, signed an agreement to become one of the first countries with access to Starlink’s direct-to-cell service, the Ukrainian telecom operator announced on Dec. 30.

The new service will …