Zelenskiy has carried out a political reshuffle this week, nominating as his new prime minister Yulia Svyrydenko, the driving force behind a minerals deal with the United States. Outgoing prime minister Denys Shmyhal has been put forward as the new defence minister.

President Trump asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky whether Kyiv was able to hit Moscow and St. Petersburg, according to a senior Ukrainian official familiar with their exchange in a July 4 phone call.

Trump says weapons on their way to Kyiv before Russia launches 400 drones - Trump reportedly asked Zelensky why he had not struck Moscow to ramp up pressure on Putin

Ukrainian media posted what appeared to be security camera footage showing a man walking through a parking lot with bags being shot by another man.

Ukrainian Security Service says two Russian FSB agents suspected of killing Colonel Ivan Voronych on July 10 have been "neutralized" in Kyiv Oblast.

A senior Ukrainian security officer was gunned down in a residential parking lot in Kyiv on Thursday before his assailant fled on foot in broad daylight, according to authorities and video footage verified by Reuters.

Ukraine is massively scaling up its production of low-cost interceptor drones to stop Russia's growing barrages of Shahed attack drones.