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Order a long-term news report on Kyiv
Every mention in the Kenyan press over the period you choose, compiled as a PDF or Word document.
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The Standard
Audio By VocalizeA woman rides an electric scooter past a damaged supermarket following a missile strike in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on August 1, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. …
Russian attacks on Kyiv kill 9, wound more than two dozenThe Standard
… Officials in Ukraine's eastern Poltava region, meanwhile, said one person was killed in a drone strike on a warehouse, while at least 15 people were wounded in attacks on the western city of Lviv.Kyiv's city military administration confirmed one person was killed and two others w …
Russian strikes kill at least 8, wound more across UkraineThe Standard
… The visit -- scheduled for 9:30 am (1330 GMT) -- comes as Kyiv and Moscow both ramp up long-range strikes and diplomatic efforts launched by Washington remain at a standstill, more than four years on from Russia's full-scale invasion.More than 390 Ukrainian drones targeted the Mo …
Ukraine's Zelensky expected at White House to secure Trump's supportThe Standard
… Details shared by our sources in Kyiv's security circles included boarding passes revealing that Macharia left Nairobi aboard AirArabia on October 21, 2025, at 1350 hours en route to Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, for a connecting flight to Moscow. …
Dead or alive? Mystery of Kenyan feared dead in UkraineThe Standard
… Details shared by our sources in Kyiv's security circles included boarding passes revealing that Macharia left Nairobi aboard AirArabia on October 21, 2025, at 1350 hours en route to Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, for a connecting flight to Moscow. …
Dead or alive? Mystery deepens over Kenyan feared dead in Ukraine as state says he is aliveCitizen Digital
… Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald Trump are to meet on December 28, 2025 in Florida to discuss efforts to end Russia's invasion, Kyiv said on December 26, 2025. …
Zelensky to meet Trump in Washington next week: White HouseThe Standard
… ses above residential buildings from a warehouse for a Russian e-commerce giant near Saint Petersburg after being hit by Ukrainian drones early on July. 24, 2026 [AFP] At least 17 people were killed Friday in Russian and Ukrainian long-range strikes -- including just outside Kyiv …
At least 17 killed in Russian and Ukrainian long-range strikesThe Standard
… It's good to ask questions and get answers".Discussions aimed at ending the conflict in Ukraine have been at a standstill, with US attention now focused on the Middle East and Moscow maintaining its demand that Kyiv cede territory. …
US, Russia diplomats discuss Ukraine war in ManilaCitizen Digital
… Kyiv has in recent months intensified its strikes on Russian territory, disrupting the lives of ordinary Russians -- strikes it calls retribution for more than four years of bombardments against its territory. …
Ukrainian strikes on Russian warehouses kill 8, shroud skies in smokeThe Standard
Audio By VocalizeRescuers walk past a residential building damaged after a Russian missile strikes in Kyiv on July 19, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. …
Kyiv hit with deadly strikes after attack on Russian e-commerce giantUkraine on Thursday ordered the evacuation of families with children from Kramatorsk and Sloviansk, the largest cities in the eastern Donetsk region still under its control, as Russian attacks intensify and military forces approach within 10 kilometres of their outskirts.
23 October 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Ukraine on Thursday ordered the evacuation of families with children from Kramatorsk and Sloviansk, the largest cities in the eastern Donetsk region still under its control, as Russian attacks intensify and military forces approach within 10 kilometres of their outskirts.
23 October 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Donald Trump announced a deal to import Russian diesel into the US, with Putin agreeing to release 300,000 tonnes immediately followed by 500,000 tonnes in November and further supplies. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned the deal as a gift to Putin and an investment in prolonging war, calling instead for strong US support for Ukraine's defence.
11 October 2026 · Capital News →
Donald Trump called on Ukraine to "get a new leader" after President Volodymyr Zelensky criticized Washington's easing of Russian diesel sanctions. Trump defended the deal allowing more Russian diesel onto global markets, citing Putin's desire for a Ukraine settlement, while accusing Zelensky of blocking negotiations and ignoring instructions not to strike Russian refineries; Kyiv and European allies warned the sanctions relief would help fund Russia's war.
11 October 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned a US-announced diesel deal between America and Russia, saying Moscow was expressing "thanks" by attacking Ukraine, which killed 15 people according to authorities. EU officials also opposed lifting sanctions on Russian diesel, arguing it would fuel Russia's war effort.
10 October 2026 · Citizen Digital →
U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday he had secured Russia's agreement for a major diesel release and eased war sanctions on Moscow to lower energy costs ahead of midterm elections. President Volodymyr Zelensky criticized the move as "unworthy" and "weak."
10 October 2026 · Citizen Digital →
US President Trump announced easing sanctions on Russian diesel, prompting criticism from Ukrainian leader Zelensky and EU officials, while Russian strikes on Ukraine killed at least 21 people including four children.
10 October 2026 · The Standard →
Kenya is pursuing the reclassification of its nationals held as prisoners of war in Ukraine as victims of human trafficking, arguing that many were recruited under false employment promises. The government says this designation could improve their access to international assistance and support their repatriation efforts under UN protocols.
8 October 2026 · Capital News →
Russia pounded Ukraine with waves of missiles and drones on Wednesday, killing at least 32 people, including children, and damaging industrial facilities and energy infrastructure, according to President Zelenskiy. The heaviest losses were in Pryluky in Chernihiv region, where a Russian missile destroyed a five-storey residential building.
8 October 2026 · Citizen Digital →
A 19-year-old stabbed nine people—five students, two teachers, and two passers-by—at his vocational school in Ostroleka, Poland, north of Warsaw. Police arrested him about 20 minutes after the attack; none of the injured are in danger of death.
7 October 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Ukraine has criticised South Korea for supplying oil products to Russia, with 176,000 tonnes of oil products shipped from South Korea to Russia in July and August according to port records and ship-tracking data cited by The Guardian. Zelensky's sanctions adviser said the shipments were "in sharp contrast" to South Korea's stated sanctions policy.
7 October 2026 · Citizen Digital →
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrived in Kyiv on an unannounced visit to demonstrate support for Ukraine amid Russian missile and drone attacks on key infrastructure. Merz said Ukraine needs German support in the coming weeks and promised that Germany would continue to help Ukraine.
4 October 2026 · The Standard →
Russia's Foreign Ministry said it would continue targeted strikes on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities in response to what it calls Ukrainian terrorist acts, and warned foreign nationals and diplomats to leave Ukraine.
4 October 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Vladimir Putin said Russia will deploy all weapons at its disposal if Kaliningrad comes under direct attack, insisting Moscow is responding to Western statements about preparing for war in 2029–2030. Russia has accused NATO of preparing to blockade its Baltic exclave bordering Lithuania and Poland, warning it would even use nuclear weapons if the West tries to cut off Kaliningrad from the rest of Russia.
2 October 2026 · Capital News →
Russia conducted a wave of drone and missile strikes on Kyiv's power supply on Wednesday, killing at least four people as the capital braces for freezing winter conditions. Ukraine's main energy provider DTEK confirmed grid damage affecting 8,000 households.
30 September 2026 · The Standard →
Russian and Ukrainian strikes killed at least seven people in both countries Saturday as the war entered its fifth year. Moscow has intensified attacks on Kyiv including daytime strikes, while Ukrainian President Zelensky said Moscow was escalating daily with night-time attacks across the country.
26 September 2026 · The Standard →
A 31-year-old Ukrainian was arrested after stabbing a priest to death and wounding four others with a knife at a 17th-century Catholic abbey in Jaroslaw, Poland, near the Ukrainian border. Ukrainian President Zelensky condemned the attack as "evil" and "horrific," and the incident has occurred amid social tensions in Poland, which has accepted hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian refugees fleeing Russia's invasion.
25 September 2026 · The Standard →
Russian missile and drone attacks across Ukraine killed at least seven people on Wednesday, including two in Kyiv, and wounded more than 40 others. The strikes hit gas stations, offices, a college building, businesses, and the rail network; Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga said Russia was targeting data centres to disrupt information flow and hinder civilian access to missile-threat warnings.
24 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian told the UN that Tehran would never "bend at the knee," defying President Trump's earlier remarks about potentially "annihilating" Iran. Pezeshkian accused Washington of "terrorism" for assassinating former supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and vowed Iranian resistance would only increase in the face of sanctions and pressure.
24 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
President Donald Trump has invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to attend the G20 summit of world leaders in Miami in December, according to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The invitation comes as Washington seeks to broker a deal to end Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
23 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
More than four years after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, European nations worry Moscow could escalate the conflict and target Kyiv's supporters, with Western leaders warning of a surge in Russian covert operations across Europe that could eventually cause casualties.
23 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
US President Donald Trump has signed legislation authorizing new sanctions designed to pressure Russia over its war in Ukraine. The bill targets Russia's energy and defense sectors, Putin and senior officials, Moscow's shadow fleet of tankers, and allows Trump authority to impose tariffs of up to 100 percent on major buyers of Russian oil and gas.
19 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Ukraine's 3rd Army Corps has launched an offensive operation called Vivaldi near Lyman, an embattled town in the east that Moscow has been pushing towards for months. Lyman is one of the few urban areas in Donetsk still under Ukrainian control, and its capture could allow Russia to advance further south toward Ukrainian-held strongholds.
16 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
A top US envoy said on Monday that weekend discussions with Ukraine and Russia showed progress, including movement on scheduling additional trilateral talks to end the conflict that began when Russian forces invaded Ukraine more than four years ago.
7 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Two US envoys held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Saturday to discuss ending the war in Ukraine, and are set to land in Kyiv on Sunday for meetings with Ukrainian leadership. Putin and Zelensky have agreed to halt strikes on each other's capitals for three days as negotiation efforts accelerate.
6 September 2026 · Capital News →
US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff arrived in Kyiv on Sunday to meet President Volodymyr Zelensky, a day after meeting Vladimir Putin in Moscow to discuss ending the war between Russia and Ukraine. The Americans are hoping to revive peace negotiations after a summer of escalation.
6 September 2026 · The Standard →
Russian President Vladimir Putin began talks with US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff on ending more than four years of war in Ukraine at the Kremlin on Saturday, ahead of their expected visit to Kyiv on Sunday. Both Russia and Ukraine vowed not to strike each other's capitals for three days during the negotiations.
6 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The World Health Organization said one of its main warehouses in Ukraine was destroyed by an air attack in Kyiv region on Thursday, the third such incident in three months. The WHO warned of a pattern of attacks on humanitarian facilities in Ukraine.
5 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
A Russian strike on an arms depot near Kyiv sparked fires and explosions that killed 37 people and wounded dozens, according to authorities. The attack was the second to hit a munitions depot near Kyiv in less than two months, prompting Ukrainian officials to criticize the storage of ammunition near residential areas.
30 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Russia's defence ministry said on Sunday it was preparing large-scale attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure in response to Kyiv's strikes on Russian civilian infrastructure and energy assets. Both sides have escalated long-range strikes on infrastructure in recent months, increasing civilian casualties.
30 August 2026 · The Standard →
A Russian drone struck a warehouse near Kyiv's western suburbs overnight, causing a large fire and explosions that killed at least 27 people, according to Ukrainian authorities. The warehouse was reportedly storing "explosive objects," prompting prosecutors to investigate criminal negligence.
30 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →