Ukraine

Going into the final leg, Olga Kharlan was thinking of Ukrainian troops fighting on the front lines as motivation. Then she heard the crowd chanting her name.

Ukrainian energy facilities have come under a massive attack from Russia, in the latest onslaught targeting the country's power grid, officials say.

The first batch of Russian and Belarusian athletes have been cleared to compete at the Olympics, but others have failed a vetting process over the war in Ukraine.

Officials declared Saturday a day of mourning in Luhansk, and public events will be similarly cancelled on Sunday and Monday in Kherson.

Analysis - A series of arrests raises questions about Putin reasserting control or a possible turf battle between the military and security services.

There is no electricity in the second-largest city of Kharkiv, the regional head says, and more than 53,000 households in Odesa are without power.

Ukrainians and their supporters gathered in Wellington's Civic Square on Saturday to mark the second anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The body of a man who was shot dead in Spain is believed to be that of a Russian helicopter pilot who defected to Ukraine last year.

Ukraine's military says it is withdrawing its troops from Avdiivka - the key eastern town besieged by Russian forces.

Former TV journalist Yekaterina Duntsova planned to run on a platform of opposition to the war in Ukraine.

A Russian missile slammed into a cafe and grocery store in a village in northeastern Ukraine on Thursday, killing at least 51 people as they held a memorial service, Ukrainian officials say.