VIDEO: During a National Flag Day ceremony in Kyiv, President Volodymyr Zelensky pledges that the blue and yellow Ukrainian flag will eventuallly fly over all of Ukraine - including Crimea and other areas occupied by Russia
#BREAKING US to announce $3 bn in military aid to Ukraine: official
#UPDATE The White House is expected to announce a $3 bn aid package to Ukraine, to be used for arms acquisition, training and other operations, on Wednesday, when Kyiv marks both its independence from Russia and the half-year mark of the invasion launched in February by Moscow.
Ukraine is on course to ship nearly as much grain this month as it did before the Russian invasion, in a triumph for international efforts to ease food shortages, a US official said Tuesday.
Six months into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, @AFP photographers capture the daily lives of Ukrainians trying to survive amid the bombings, destruction, death and fear.
The following 60 photos are a sample of their work
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#BREAKING Ukraine will fight 'until the end', Zelensky says on Independence Day
#UPDATE Ukrainian President Zelensky vows on Independence Day that his country will fight Russia's invasion "until the end" and will not be making "any concession or compromise".
"We don't care what army you have, we only care about our land. We will fight for it until the end"
#BREAKING Malaysia's top court upholds ex-PM Najib's 12-year jail sentence in 1MDB scandal
#BREAKING Malaysia's ex-PM Najib sent to prison after 12-year jail sentence upheld: daughter-in-law
#UPDATE Malaysia's highest court on Tuesday upheld former prime minister Najib Razak's 12-year jail sentence for corruption in the #1MDB financial scandal, a decision analysts said could slam the door on a political comeback u.afp.com/wFZN
#BREAKING Moscow says Ukraine behind death of Kremlin ideologue's daughter: agencies
#UPDATE Russia's FSB security services said Monday that Ukraine was behind a car bombing in the outskirts of Moscow that killed Daria Dugina, the daughter of hardline Russian ideologue Alexander Dugin.
#BREAKING Putin says daughter of ultranationalist Dugin killed in 'vile crime': Kremlin
#UPDATE Kenya's defeated presidential candidate Raila Odinga has filed an online petition to the country's top court, his lawyer told @AFP, challenging the result of the August 9 election that handed victory to his rival William Ruto.
#UPDATE "We have hopes that we have made a good case and will win."
Raila Odinga's lawyer tells @AFP the Kenyan presidential candidate has filed a court petition challenging the result of the August 9 election. u.afp.com/wyzg
Six months after Russia launched what it hoped would be a blitzkrieg invasion of Ukraine, the conflict has turned into a grinding campaign of daily air strikes and battles with no endgame in sight