YEHOR KONOVALOV

Kyrylo Illiashenko, 13, sits on a hospital bed, Monday, April 14, 2025, after being injured on Sunday by a Russian missile strike on Sumy, Ukraine, while trying to help others evacuate a burning bus that he later exited through a shattered window. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
In the Ukrainian city of Sumy, life goes on despite the constant threat of attack
The humdrum of daily life in Sumy belies the constant threat of death its people have lived with since Russia invaded Ukraine three years ago.
 
A mother cries at the coffin of her son Herman Tripolets, 9, killed by a Russian missile, during a funeral ceremony in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, Monday, April 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
‘Little suns in the classroom’: Ukrainian city mourns children killed by Russian missile
Anger and outrage have gripped the hometown of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as it held funerals for some of the 20 people, including nine children, killed by a Russian missile that tore through apartment buildings and blasted a playground.
 
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during his meeting with German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Russian missile attack forces Ukraine to shut down power grid
Ukrainian officials say Russia has launched a major ballistic and cruise missile attack on regions across Ukraine.
 
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius greet each other in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Zelenskyy, Macron discuss Western troop deployment in Ukraine before German defense chief visits
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he has held further discussions with French President Emmanuel Macron about the possibility of Western troops deploying in Ukraine to safeguard any peace deal ending the nearly three-year war with Russia.
 
According to this photo taken from video distributed by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025, a Ukrainian tank burns after being hit by a Russian drone near the settlement of Vozdvizhenka, eastern Ukraine. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
Russian forces bypass a key stronghold in a bid to cut off its supplies, a Ukrainian officer says
A Ukrainian official says Russian forces are bypassing a key stronghold in eastern Ukraine that they have fought for months to capture and are focusing instead on cutting supply lines to it. Maj.
 
The crowd reacts to the performance of rap band PVNCH during the presentation of the music album Epoch, a collaboration between Ukrainian artists and the 3rd Assault Brigade, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Alex Babenko)
Grassroots funding for Ukraine’s military declines as groups look for creative ways to raise money
Advertisements pasted along the sidewalk in Kyiv ask for donations to help fill financial gaps across Ukraine’s military.
 
A soldier of Ukraine's Khartia brigade, callsign Tolstiy, inspects a FPV drone in a drone repair workshop close to the front line in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Ukrainian soldiers focus on keeping Russian advances at bay and brace for storm to come from US
Ukrainian soldiers on the front know that the reelection of Donald Trump will change their lives, but most say that they can’t afford to lose focus on their more urgent mission: holding back Russian forces.
 
A serviceman of the 13th Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine fires Giatsint-B gun towards Russian positions near Kharkiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
On Ukraine’s front and in Kyiv, hope and pragmatism compete when it comes to Trump’s election
Soldiers in a Ukrainian artillery battery on the front lines of the country’s east were only vaguely aware of American election results pointing to Donald Trump’s victory.
 
Honor guards shoot into the air during the funeral ceremony of six Ukrainian servicemen killed in a Russian rocket attack at a Ukrainian military academy, during their funeral ceremony in Poltava, Ukraine, Saturday Sept. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Ukraine mourns dead from major Russian strike, vows response with underground weapons production
Funeral services have been held in the eastern Ukrainian city of Poltava for the victims of one of the deadliest Russian airstrikes since the invasion began, which killed over 50 people at a military training facility.
 
A general view of the crater at a site of recent Russian missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Russia targets Kyiv with ballistic missiles as fears increase of attacks on energy infrastructure
A Russian missile attack on Ukraine’s capital has destroyed several homes and left more than 100 households without electricity.