Ukraine

NATO foreign ministers look set to rebuff a push from Ukraine for progress on joining their alliance ahead of Donald Trump taking power in the United States.

Analysis - The US president-elect has told the world what the end of the Ukraine war might look like. And it is going to be a big diplomatic ask.

It is the first known use in the war of such a powerful weapon, with a range of thousands of kilometres.

Russia has unleashed its largest wave of airstrikes on Ukraine in almost three months, killing at least seven people. Audio

The attack forced flights to be diverted from three of the city's major airports.

Donald Trump's election victory has cast uncertainty over Ukraine's war effort as the conflict nears 1000 days.

Some are deeply sceptical that allowing Ukraine to use Western weapons to strike deep within Russia would make a significant difference.

Going into the final leg, Olga Kharlan was thinking of Ukrainian troops fighting on the front lines as motivation. Then she heard the crowd chanting her name.

Ukrainian energy facilities have come under a massive attack from Russia, in the latest onslaught targeting the country's power grid, officials say.

The first batch of Russian and Belarusian athletes have been cleared to compete at the Olympics, but others have failed a vetting process over the war in Ukraine.

Officials declared Saturday a day of mourning in Luhansk, and public events will be similarly cancelled on Sunday and Monday in Kherson.

Analysis - A series of arrests raises questions about Putin reasserting control or a possible turf battle between the military and security services.

There is no electricity in the second-largest city of Kharkiv, the regional head says, and more than 53,000 households in Odesa are without power.

Ukrainians and their supporters gathered in Wellington's Civic Square on Saturday to mark the second anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.