Ukraine Breaking News Today Live on 08-06-2024

Georgie Ivanovs breaks down what the Russians' advances mean, what it could signal for Russia's future strategy, and weighs what Ukraine is likely to do in order to stall Russia's westward quest.

Vitaliy Asinenko has been tasked with repairing the damage caused by Moscow’s routine strikes near Pokrovsk, an eastern city less than 15 kilometres from advancing Russian troops.

This is the latest of multiple attempts to breach the Ukrainian-Russian border in the Kursk and Belgorod regions in hopes of establishing a toehold in the Russian Federation itself.

The 22-year-old high jumper, who fled Ukraine following Russia's invasion of her country, won the women's Olympic high jump in Paris on Sunday.

Ukrainian artist Yevgenia Gapchinska painted Kyrylo Budanov, head of the Main Intelligence Directorate, with Petro, his pet frog. Titled “Budanov and the Magical Frog,” the artwork sold for $6,000.

Latest from the Institute for the Study of War.

The UK Ministry of Defence has ordered a quantity of Martlet lightweight multirole missiles worth £176 million to enhance the British army’s capabilities. Some will be sent to Ukraine.