Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has stated that holding elections during wartime would 'destroy' Ukraine and claimed that Russia plans to mobilize at least 300,000 more troops after its upcoming elections. He also discussed a rift with Ukraine's dismissed defense minister Fedorov and met with US senators to discuss sanctions and ballistic missile defense.
German authorities have discovered a weapons cache near Berlin, with prosecutors investigating a potential link to Russian intelligence services and a possible plot for attacks. This development has led to concerns about espionage and national security.
A Russian attack on Zhytomyr, Ukraine, struck a police building, resulting in the deaths of two police officers and injuring over 40 people. Ukrainian officials described the incident as an act of terror against civilians.
Major Russian e-commerce platforms, including Wildberries, are appealing to the Kremlin for hundreds of billions of roubles in aid, facing significant economic pressure. This comes as Russia continues to launch drone and missile attacks on Ukrainian civilian and critical infrastructure, causing casualties and damage.
Russia and Ukraine engaged in a series of intense overnight strikes, leading to at least seven deaths and numerous injuries across both countries. Russian attacks targeted residential areas and port infrastructure in Ukraine, including Odesa, Kharkiv, and Zhytomyr regions.
Russian overnight attacks have struck residential areas and infrastructure in Ukraine's Romny, Sumy region, injuring three people. Another attack in the Zhytomyr region also damaged infrastructure and injured one person.
Rescuers and forestry workers have successfully contained a large-scale forest fire over an area of 250 hectares in the Polissia Nature Reserve in Ukraine's Zhytomyr region.
A large forest fire broke out in Ukraine's Chernobyl exclusion zone, leading to widespread concern and close monitoring of radiation levels by authorities. Despite the extensive blaze, officials confirmed that radiation levels in the affected areas and neighboring countries remained stable.
Ukrainian counterintelligence and National Police have detained two Russian special services agents in the Zhytomyr region who were allegedly planning an assassination attempt on a major general of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Russia has conducted extensive missile and drone attacks across Ukraine, resulting in civilian deaths in cities such as Kramatorsk and Dnipro. In response, Ukraine has launched counter-attacks targeting Russian military trains, oil refineries, and air defense assets.
The European Union moved to unlock a €90 billion loan for Ukraine after Hungary's Viktor Orbán lifted his veto, marking a significant development in EU financial aid to Kyiv.
Russian forces carried out a combined missile and drone strike on Zhytomyr Oblast, resulting in one fatality and four injuries, with victims rescued from under rubble.
Russia has launched a massive drone attack, firing nearly 400 drones at Ukraine, with signs indicating the start of a spring offensive, following previous massive strikes on critical infrastructure that caused power outages in multiple regions. On March 24, Russia launched nearly 1,000 UAVs, with Ukrainian air defense downing 541. These strikes on Khmelnytskyi, Zhytomyr, and Vinnytsia oblasts resulted in one person killed and 13 injured.
The High Anti-Corruption Court has ordered the detention of Volodymyr Kompanychenko, Head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) office in the Zhytomyr region, with bail set at nearly UAH 7 million.
Russian forces have reportedly struck the Zhytomyr–Odesa passenger train for the second time, though no injuries were reported, and all passengers were safely evacuated to Odesa.
Russian bombardments on Kyiv have resulted in at least 16 deaths and dozens of injuries, prompting Ukraine to urgently request additional Patriot missile systems to bolster its critically depleted air defenses. Ukrainian officials also suggest that Putin is unwilling to negotiate, believing Ukraine will not withstand the upcoming winter.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has acknowledged that Ukrainian attacks are causing damage to Russia's logistics and warehouse facilities and has ordered a program to rebuild them. Despite the damage, Putin insisted that the impact on the Russian economy is not critical.
A Ukrainian drone attack on the Russian oil-refining city of Nizhnekamsk, located deep within Russia, has killed 13 people, including a child. This marks one of the deadliest Ukrainian strikes on Russian territory in two years.
A massive Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv killed at least nine people and wounded 28, damaging residential buildings, a school, and the Lithuanian Embassy. Ukrainian officials, including President Zelenskyy, urgently requested additional air defense systems and interceptor missiles from international partners.
Ukraine has launched drone attacks on Russian oil tankers and other vessels in the Black Sea, leading to a reported loss of one-third of Ukraine's Black Sea grain export capacity. These attacks come amidst ongoing Russian missile strikes that have killed several people in Odesa.
Andrii Khmilovskyi, a marine and defender of Mariupol from the Zhytomyr region, was among 205 servicemen released from captivity on May 15 after spending four years imprisoned.
A forest fire is being extinguished in the Polissia Nature Reserve in Ukraine’s Zhytomyr region, with smoldering debris and forest floor still observed.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has detained the head of the Zhytomyr Regional Territorial Recruitment Center, who was extorting money from a local businessman in exchange for not conscripting his employees.
The Croatian city of Osijek has announced it will donate two trams to the Ukrainian city of Zhytomyr. This gesture of solidarity is motivated by Osijek's own experience during wartime.
A Ukrainian strike on a Russian oil refinery near the Black Sea has reportedly caused toxic black rain and air pollution in the nearby town of Tuapse. Russian officials have acknowledged the hazardous conditions days after the attack, with the refinery burning for several days.
A bot farm in Zhytomyr, Ukraine, was neutralized after it was found to be supplying over 3,000 fake accounts monthly to Russian special services for spreading Kremlin propaganda and disinformation.
A resident of Ukraine's Zhytomyr region has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for providing Russian intelligence with information regarding the movements of Ukrainian Armed Forces aircraft.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed Colonel Volodymyr Kobanichenko, the head of the SBU in the Zhytomyr region, following a corruption scandal involving a $320,000 bribery arrest.
Law enforcement officials have uncovered a bribery scheme involving the logistics commander of the Ukrainian Air Force and the head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) department in the Zhytomyr region.
A massive Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv and the surrounding region killed at least 14 people and injured over 40, damaging residential buildings, a children's hospital, and food warehouses.
Ukraine has brought home 103 prisoners of war in the latest exchange with Russia. This comes amidst ongoing deadly Russian attacks, including a drone strike on a police headquarters in Zhytomyr that killed two and injured at least 20, and a minibus strike in Kherson that contributed to 17 deaths.
Russian forces struck and damaged civilian infrastructure, including a private company with German investment, in Ukraine's Zhytomyr Oblast on the night of August 8-9, forcing the company to suspend its operations.
Russia has extended its ban on gasoline and diesel exports until early 2027, signaling ongoing domestic fuel market instability, while simultaneously continuing its missile attacks on Ukrainian cities like Lviv and Kherson, resulting in multiple casualties.
Dry weather will prevail across most of Ukraine over the weekend, with only the western regions, as well as Zhytomyr and Vinnytsia regions, expected to experience moderate rainfall, locally heavy…
A woman sustained injuries in Kharkiv's Saltivskyi district following a Russian drone strike. Over the weekend, five forest fires covering more than three hectares also broke out in the Zhytomyr region as a result of a Russian drone attack.
Russian forces launched attacks on Ukrainian cities, resulting in two fatalities in Kryvyi Rih. Separately, the attacks also caused damage to homes and vehicles in Zhytomyr.
A significant forest fire in Carinthia, Austria, has triggered a large-scale operation by fire brigades to contain the blaze. This incident required extensive emergency response efforts from local authorities.
Russia launched a record number of drones at Ukraine in April, targeting power facilities, critical infrastructure, and residential areas across the country. Ukrainian air defenses reportedly intercepted a high percentage of these drones, which also struck regions like Zhytomyr and Odesa.
Russia and Ukraine have exchanged a series of deadly strikes, resulting in multiple casualties and damage to infrastructure on both sides. These attacks intensified around the anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster.
Lithuanian doctors at Kaunas Clinics successfully applied complex treatment for a rare oncological disease to 45-year-old Oleksandr from Zhytomyr, Ukraine, after his treatment began in his home country.
Trenutno smo pod ukrajinskom gasnom blokadom, ali možemo nadoknaditi gubitak sa juga, ako se ta pupčana vrpca preseče, mađarska ekonomija će stati, poručio je premijer Viktor Orban.
Ukraine's High Anti-Corruption Court ordered the arrest of Volodymyr Kompanychenko, head of the SSU office in Zhytomyr region, on corruption charges, with a bail option of 6.988 million hryvnias.
