Ukraine Breaking News Today Live on 08-25-2024

The Ukrainian people’s indomitable spirit shines brighter than ever, spotlighting Russia’s vulnerabilities and reminding the world that there is no room for a false peace.

Ukraine has taken steps to integrate its energy market with the European Union’s and is pursuing alternatives as it seeks to distance itself from Russian energy and fossil fuels.

Polish journalist Monika Andruszewska was injured in Kramatorsk while driving near the site of a Russian rocket attack.

Donald Trump’s running mate in the presidential elections has been spreading long debunked Russian propaganda to ingratiate himself with the anti-Ukrainian wing of the Republican Party.

For the first time on my visits to Ukraine I felt a little nervous overnight on Aug. 23, 2024, concerned as to how Russia would choose to mark Kyiv’s Independence celebration on the next day.

Russian troops attacked a hotel in Kramatorsk, wounding two journalists and leaving a third missing in the rubble. The injured journalists are citizens of Ukraine, the USA, and Great Britain.

As Ukraine celebrated its independence, Kyiv said a Russian strike on a residential area of the eastern city of Kostyantynivka, near the front line in the Donetsk region, killed five people.