HANNA ARHIROVA

Representatives from over 40 countries posing for a photo during talks on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, August 6, 2023. (Handout from the Saudi Press Agency)

August 7, 2023, 9:12 pm

Russia slams diplomats’ summit in Saudi Arabia aimed at ending Ukraine war

Moscow says meeting in Jeddah with officials from over 40 countries is meaningless without Russian representatives

Darts are stuck on a paper target made with an image of Russian President Vladimir Putin at a popular beachside attraction in Odesa, Ukraine, July 23, 2023. (Jae C. Hong/AP)

July 25, 2023, 11:43 am

Anger grows in Odesa after Russian bombardment destroys beloved historic sites

Dozens of missiles over past week have pounded Ukraine’s port city, which was once a quarter Jewish, also hitting apartment buildings and the iconic Transfiguration Cathedral

By HANNA ARHIROVA and Lori Hinnant

Church personnel inspect damage inside the Odesa Transfiguration Cathedral following Russian missile attacks in Odesa, Ukraine, July 23, 2023. (Jae C. Hong/AP)

July 23, 2023, 3:17 pm

2 killed in Russian barrage on Odesa; UNESCO-recognized cathedral badly damaged

Dozens injured; Moscow says strikes targeted ‘terrorists,’ denies firing at historic Transfiguration Cathedral, claiming destruction likely due to Ukrainian anti-aircraft rocket

By HANNA ARHIROVA

This photograph shows a downed missile that fell onto a private house after a night of missiles strike on Odesa on July 18, 2023. (Oleksandr GIMANOV / AFP)

July 19, 2023, 12:33 pm

12 injured in Odesa amid intense Russian nighttime attacks across Ukraine

Dozens of missiles and drones fired at country; Russia’s emergency services in Crimea evacuate over 2,000 people due to fire in military facility, cause not given

By HANNA ARHIROVA

Houses are seen underwater in the flooded town of Oleshky, Ukraine, June 10, 2023. (AP Photo)

June 13, 2023, 5:38 pm

Caught in flooded war zone, families scramble to survive dam collapse in Ukraine

Russia has been shelling areas of disaster-hit region it occupies; Ukrainian survivors claim Moscow’s forces only helping those with Russian passports

By ILLIA NOVIKOV, YURAS KARMANAU and 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