Sources: BBC
A naval drone operated by Ukrainian military intelligence explodes in Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Krai, Russia after being seized by Russian military divers, killing five of them. 2025-08-22
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that Ukrainian forces have captured more than 100 Russian soldiers in the last 24 hours during their offensive in Kursk Oblast. Zelenskyy also says that he is open to exchanging the prisoners for Ukrainian prisoners of war. 2024-08-14
Russia launches a massive missile and drone attack across Ukraine, killing at least four people and injuring 38 others in Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Khmelnytskyi and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts. Ukraine says that it shot down all eight drones and 18 of 51 missiles. 2024-01-8
The Russian-installed head of Liubymivka, Kakhovka Raion, Andrei Shlepa, is assassinated in a car bombing in the Russian-occupied part of the Kherson region. Russia accuses Ukraine of being behind the attack. 2022-12-22
Russia announces that it has withdrawn from Snake Island, in the Black Sea, as a "gesture of goodwill", ending the occupation of the island that began in February. However, Ukraine says that it drove out Russian forces from the island after a massive artillery assault. 2022-06-30
Russia gives Ukraine a 5 a.m. (3 a.m. UTC) deadline to surrender the city of Mariupol. 2022-03-21
A report from the "Irish Times" said that the United Nations told its employees in a communications guidance to refer to the war in Ukraine as a "conflict" or "military offensive" rather than as a "war" or an "invasion", and also ordered employees to not put the Ukrainian flag on any of their social media accounts to "avoid reputational risk", in an attempt to avoid upsetting Russia. However, Stéphane Dujarric, spokesman for the secretary-general of the United Nations, wrote in an email to "The Guardian" that no such recommendation was ever issued. 2022-03-8
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan says that Turkey is making efforts for an immediate ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia. 2022-02-26
The Ukrainian Army says eight of its soldiers were wounded in fighting against Russian-backed separatists in the east of the country during the previous 24 hours. A military spokesman said there had been 29 shelling incidents around Mariupol. 2016-04-13
Ukraine and Russian-backed separatists conduct peace talks as fighting rages in eastern Ukraine. 2015-01-31