Eighteen people including Ukraine's interior minister, other senior ministry officials and three children have been killed when a helicopter crashed near a nursery outside Kyiv, Ukrainian officials say.
Up to 70 Australian military personnel are being deployed to Britain to help train Ukrainian troops in an effort to strengthen Kyiv's defence against Russia.
Russia has unleashed a major missile attack on Ukraine, smashing a nine-storey apartment block in the city of Dnipro, killing at least five people and striking vital energy facilities across the country, officials said.
Ukraine has dismissed as a trick a unilateral order by Russia for a 36-hour ceasefire, as US and German leaders say they are sending armoured fighting vehicles in a boost for the Kyiv government.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has not addressed a strike on a temporary barracks in the Russian-controlled area of Donetsk which killed at least 89.
Tributes are flowing for a young Australian man killed fighting in Ukraine, with the former soldier being hailed for his "glory" after dying in battle.
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Ukraine says Russia had destroyed homes in the south and knocked out power in the north in a new round of missile attacks as Russian President Vladimir Putin drove across a bridge to Crimea that was damaged by an attack in October.
Twelve ships carrying grain have left Ukrainian ports despite Russia abandoning a UN-backed deal to guarantee exports from the war zone, suggesting Moscow has stopped short of reimposing a blockade that might have caused world hunger.
Australian troops could be sent to Ukraine to help train the country's armed forces following Russia's "appalling" attack on Kyiv, Defence Minister Richard Marles has declared.Â
Russia has rained cruise missiles on busy Ukrainian cities in what the United States called "horrific strikes," killing civilians and knocking out power and heat with its most widespread air attacks since the start of the war.
Russia has struck cities across Ukraine during rush hour, killing civilians and destroying infrastructure in apparent revenge after President Vladimir Putin declared an explosion on the bridge to Crimea to be a terrorist attack.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused Ukraine of orchestrating the powerful blast that damaged a bridge linking Russia and Crimea, describing the explosion as an "act of terrorism".
