Yuliia Dysa

Ukraine's Energy Minister Svitlana Hrynchuk said on Wednesday she had submitted her resignation following a major anti-corruption investigation in the energy sector.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday the European Commission's latest report on Ukraine's reform progress showed Kyiv was "confidently moving" toward EU membership and was ready to open the first three negotiation clusters.

Ukraine landed special forces to fight in embattled parts of the eastern city of Pokrovsk earlier this week, just as Russia said it had surrounded Kyiv's forces in the area, two Ukrainian military sources said on Friday.

Ukraine plans to begin limited exports of weapons next month, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday.

Russian troops have renewed their attempts to take the key logistical hub.

Ukrainian authorities have opened a war crime investigation into an incident in which a witness said Russian forces shot dead five civilians in a village in eastern Ukraine.

Two Ukrainian journalists were killed by a Russian drone in the eastern city of Kramatorsk on Thursday in an attack that was condemned by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and described by Ukraine's human rights ombudsman as a war crime.

A Russian drone attack killed four people in Ukraine's northern Chernihiv region on Tuesday, local broadcaster Suspilne reported citing the regional police.

Russia launched 405 drones and 28 missiles at Ukraine in an overnight attack targeting energy infrastructure, Ukraine's air force said on Wednesday.

Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said on Wednesday that she discussed a new four-year lending program for the country with the International Monetary Fund's chief, Kristalina Georgieva.