Ukraine | DD News

September 3, 2026 9:02 PM

‘Solutions will not emerge from battlefield’: Jaishankar reaffirms India’s stand on Ukraine war

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday reiterated India's call for dialogue and diplomacy to resolve the Ukraine conflict, saying solutions to the war cannot emerge from the battlefield and that New Delhi is ready to assist in efforts to find a path towards peace. Jaishankar made the remarks after holding bilateral talks with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha in Kyiv. He reiterated Prime Minister Narendra Modi's message that "this is not an era of war" and stressed that every...

September 2, 2026 2:24 PM

EAM Jaishankar to visit Ukraine, Poland from September 3 to 5

External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar will undertake an official visit to Ukraine and Poland from September 3 to 5, said the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). During his visit, EAM Jaishankar will hold bilateral consultations with his counterparts FM Andrii Sybiha of Ukraine and Deputy Prime Minister & Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski of Poland. The MEA said that the visit will focus on enhancing bilateral relations and also provide an opportunity to exchange views on regional de...

August 24, 2026 8:03 PM

Zelenskiy urges allies to cover 27 bln euro gap for defence needs

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged Ukraine’s allies to deliver an air defence package ahead of the winter, with Russia expected to renew its strikes on his country’s energy infrastructure. Addressing a Coalition of the Willing meeting in Kyiv, Zelenskiy also asked Ukraine’s partners to help cover a funding gap of 27 billion euros for its defence sector needs in 2026. In this context, the president reminded his allies of the Russian assets held frozen across European jurisdictions. -Reu...

August 23, 2026 4:26 PM

Putin wants to draft 300,000 new troops, Zelenskiy says

Ukraine thinks Russia is planning to draft an additional 300,000 troops for its war effort after Russian parliamentary elections in mid-September, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. Moscow's forces are pressing ahead with an effort to capture the rest of eastern Ukraine's industrialised Donbas region, where its troops have ground forward at what Kyiv says is a great cost. In comments to reporters released on Sunday, Zelenskiy said Russia could draft more troops in 2027 to ...

August 13, 2026 10:36 AM

Ukraine pounds naval base, grain terminals at Russia’s Black Sea port of Novorossiysk

A major Ukrainian attack on Russia’s Black Sea port city of Novorossiysk hit warships at a naval base and forced two major grain terminals to halt operations on Wednesday, according to Russian and Ukrainian officials as well as grain industry sources. The Ukrainian attacks killed at least two people, including an 8-year-old child, regional Governor Veniamin Kondratyev said. Describing the attack as having “strategic significance”, Ukraine’s SBU security service said Kyiv’s for...

August 10, 2026 9:20 AM

Ukraine’s Zelenskiy says up to 50,000 North Korean troops to be deployed in Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said up to 50,000 North Korean soldiers will be deployed in Russia to fight for Pyongyang's ally, while calling on South Korea to provide support for its air defence. Zelenskiy said on X on Saturday that "a decision has been made for 30,000 to 50,000 North Koreans to be deployed on the territory of Russia", a higher figure than his estimate of 30,000 in July. He did not elaborate on how he obtained the information. He said Kyiv ...

August 3, 2026 9:31 AM

Ukrainian drones kill eight in Russia and strike Wildberries warehouse, governors say

Ukrainian drone strikes killed at least eight people in Russian regions overnight and on Sunday, hitting targets including a warehouse belonging to Wildberries, Russia's largest online retailer, regional officials said. Russia's Defence Ministry said it downed 635 Ukrainian drones during the night. The acting governor of Russia's border region of Belgorod, Alexander Shuvayev, said a Ukrainian drone struck an area next to a playground, killing one child and injuring two. Maria Lvov...

July 31, 2026 8:20 AM

‘Absolutely unacceptable’: EAM Jaishankar discusses attacks on Indian seafarers with Ukraine Foreign Minister

India on Thursday condemned attacks on commercial shipping in the Black Sea following the death of an Indian seafarer, with External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar reiterating that such attacks are "absolutely unacceptable" and urging greater emphasis on dialogue and diplomacy to resolve the ongoing conflict. In a post on X, EAM Jaishankar said he spoke with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha after their recent overseas engagements and discussed attacks on commercial shipping and Indi...

July 30, 2026 10:00 AM

Russian strikes on Ukraine kill seven; Poland scrambles fighter jets

Russian ballistic missiles killed at least seven in Ukraine on Thursday, including one in Kyiv, in attacks extending as far as the western city of Lviv, forcing neighbouring Poland to scramble fighter jets to secure its airspace. The attacks come as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy returns from the United States, where he said President Donald Trump agreed to give Ukraine licences for Patriot missiles. Air raid alerts sounded across most regions of Ukraine, with a Reuters witness saying e...

July 29, 2026 5:31 PM

Trump says meetings with Zelenskiy and Netanyahu were positive

President Donald Trump said late on Tuesday his meetings with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were positive. Here are details and quotes: Netanyahu and Zelenskiy were in Washington to attend a memorial service for Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican who died earlier this month and was an influential advocate for Israel and Ukraine. In separate short posts on Truth Social, Trump said he discussed various topics with them, without giving...