US Secretary of State Blinken and US Defense Secretary Austin travel to Ukraine in first visit by top American officials since Russia launched its brutal invasion two months ago

Hundreds crowd Arabian Peninsula's only Russian Orthodox Church, with the two nationalities' usually harmonious celebrations now mired in unspoken tensions

Ukrainian leader adds that Secretary of Defense Austin will also join visit; repeats call for meeting with Russian President Putin in an effort to 'put an end to the war'

Kyiv says 18 people wounded in missile attack on Black Sea port, which hit military facility and two residential buildings; Moscow continues assault on last Mariupol stronghold

Moscow has failed to capture Ukraine's second-largest city but it remains within artillery range, subject to random devastating strikes at any hour, day or night

Deputy PM says another attempt will be made to get women, children and elderly in bombarded city to safer area

Two-year-old Jack Russell Terrier, whose name means 'bullet' in Ukrainian, has helped clear some 90 explosives in Chernihiv, authorities say

Ukrainian counter-attacks continue to hinder Russian forces' efforts, reports British Ministry of Defence

Deputy PM urges Ukrainians seeking to evacuate through humanitarian corridors to 'please be patient and hold on'

$800 million package includes 144,000 rounds of ammunition and drones for escalating battle in Donbas and builds on roughly $2.6 billion in military aid already approved by US