HANNA ARHIROVA

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, left, holds the flag of a military unit as an officer kisses it, during a commemorative event on the occasion of the one year anniversary of the Russia Ukraine war in Kyiv, Ukraine, February 24, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

February 24, 2023, 11:01 am

On anniversary of invasion, Ukraine’s leader Zelensky vows to defeat Russia

Sounding defiant tone as morning breaks on day of commemorations, president congratulates compatriots on resilience in Europe’s deadliest war since WWII

By John Leicester and HANNA ARHIROVA

Illustrative: People pay their respects at a makeshift memorial at the scene where a helicopter crashed into civil infrastructure on January 18, in Brovary, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, January 20, 2023. (Daniel Cole/AP)

January 22, 2023, 10:55 am

Ukraine’s tragic week shows there’s no safe place in war

Missile strike on residential building and helicopter that crashed into a kindergarten frame several days of particularly cruel suffering in conflict-ravaged country

By SAMYA KULLAB and HANNA ARHIROVA

In this photo released by the Dnipro Regional Administration, smoke rises after a Russian rocket hit a multistory building leaving many people under debris in Dnipro, Ukraine, January 14, 2023. (Dnipro Regional Administration via AP)

January 14, 2023, 10:29 pm

Ukraine says at least 5 killed in major Russian missile barrage

Infrastructure facilities in several cities also targeted in salvo; British PM promises Zelensky he’ll send Challenger 2 tanks, artillery systems

By SYLVIA HUI and HANNA ARHIROVA

Fog covers Kyiv city center, Ukraine, January 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

January 14, 2023, 1:59 pm

Explosions heard in Kyiv; Ukrainian officials say key infrastructure hit

Missiles also fired at second-largest city Kharkiv; attacks come amid conflicting reports on fate of the fiercely contested town of Soledar

By HANNA ARHIROVA

Ukrainian soldiers launch a drone at Russian positions near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, December 15, 2022. (LIBKOS/AP)

January 4, 2023, 8:37 am

Drone advances in Ukraine could herald battlefield dawn of autonomous killer robots

Experts warn it’s likely only a matter of time before both sides take relatively small step of deploying even smarter lethal weapons, setting stage for profound change in warfare

By Frank Bajak and HANNA ARHIROVA

Ukrainian soldiers watch drone feeds from an underground command center in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, December 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Libkos)

December 28, 2022, 1:34 pm

Ukrainian minister says ‘next stage’ is to develop air-to-air combat drones

Mykhailo Fedorov says Ukraine has fleet of 1,400 reconnaissance drones and is developing strike drones; Moscow claims Kyiv utilized attack drones in recent hits on airbases

By HANNA ARHIROVA

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba talks during an interview with The Associated Press in Kyiv, Ukraine, December 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

December 26, 2022, 9:06 pm

Ukrainian foreign minister aims for February peace summit at UN

Dmytro Kuleba says ‘every war ends in a diplomatic way,’ but Russia must first stand trial for war crimes, claims US Patriot missiles will be fast-tracked for operation

By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO and HANNA ARHIROVA

A Ukrainian soldier watches a drone feed from an underground command center in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Dec. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Libkos)

December 26, 2022, 6:48 pm

Moscow says Ukrainian drone downed near base deep inside Russia

Russia says three servicemen were killed by debris at the Engels airbase, which houses Tu-160 nuclear-capable strategic bombers

By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO and HANNA ARHIROVA

Relatives of soldiers from the Azov Regiment, who were captured by Russia in May after the fall of Mariupol, sit at the Christmas table in a flashmob action under the Christmas tree demanding to free the prisoners, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Dec. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

December 25, 2022, 5:13 pm

Distancing from Russia, some Ukrainians celebrate Christmas on West’s schedule

While Ukrainian Orthodox usually observe holiday on January 7 along with Russian Orthodox Church, this year many are celebrating on December 25 — in pointed rejection of Moscow

By Renata Brito and HANNA ARHIROVA

People take cover in the subway station being used as a bomb shelter during a rocket attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, December 16, 2022. (AP/Efrem Lukatsky)

December 16, 2022, 12:45 pm

Explosions rock Ukraine as Russia launches another massive missile barrage

Two killed after residential building struck in Zelensky’s hometown, children among injured; electricity, water supply interrupted in Kyiv and Kharkiv

By HANNA ARHIROVA and Jamey Keaten

A woman walks by a house damaged during Russian shelling in the town of Vyshgorod outside the capital Kyiv, Ukraine, November 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

November 24, 2022, 6:15 pm

Ukraine capital presses on despite Russian bombings, power outages

‘Nobody will compromise their will and principles just for electricity,’ Kyiv local says of attacks; residents turn to drainpipes for rainwater as city works to restore plumbing

By John Leicester and HANNA ARHIROVA

A pedestrian woman walks in the street in Kyiv on November 23, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (BULENT KILIC / AFP)

November 24, 2022, 12:39 pm

Ukraine scrambles to restore power after Russian strikes leave Kyiv in dark

Moscow has been launching devastating strikes on Ukraine’s power infrastructure as its forces suffer battlefield setbacks

By HANNA ARHIROVA

Vitaliy Mysharskiy, 14, left, and his grandmother Tanya Babii sit in the yard of the family house in the recently liberated village of Kyselivka, outskirts of Kherson, southern Ukraine, Nov. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

November 18, 2022, 1:41 pm

‘I thought I was going to die’: Ukrainians recount kidnappings, torture

As violence escalates in Ukraine, reports of abuses perpetrated by Russia become widespread, especially in the recently liberated Kherson region

By SAM MEDNICK and HANNA ARHIROVA

A Russian serviceman guards an area of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station in territory under Russian military control, southeastern Ukraine, May 1, 2022. (AP Photo)

October 12, 2022, 2:50 pm

Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant loses external power for 2nd time in 5 days

Near front lines of fighting, Europe’s largest nuclear plant relying on backup generators as ‘last defense’ before nuclear disaster; Moscow arrests 8 in connection to bridge blast

By Adam Schreck and HANNA ARHIROVA

The 1,500 year-old golden tiara, inlaid with precious stones, one of the world's most valuable artifacts from the blood-letting rule of Attila the Hun, is seen in a museum in Melitopol, Ukraine, in November 2020. (AP Photo)

October 9, 2022, 11:11 am

Industrial-scale Russian looting destroys Ukraine’s historical sites and artifacts

Priceless crown from bloody rule of Attila the Hun, snatched by Russian troops in February, among thousands of artifacts stolen or destroyed in what Ukraine deems a huge war crime

By HANNA ARHIROVA