HANNA ARHIROVA

Ukraine reporter

Arhirova is an Associated Press reporter covering Ukraine. She is based in Kyiv.

10 Ukrainians held prisoner for years in Russia return home after Vatican mediation

Ten Ukrainians held prisoner for years by Russia have been released with the Vatican’s mediation. They arrived home overnight.

Ukraine’s top EU negotiator says war-torn country won’t seek ‘discount’ on entry commitments

Ukraine’s lead negotiator to join the European Union says the war-torn country is on an “irreversible” course of Western integration after the EU agreed to formally start entry negotiations this week.

Russia obliterates Ukraine’s front-line towns faster with hacked bombs and expanded air base network

Russia is intensifying its use of cheap glide bombs to lay waste to cities in eastern Ukraine. The latest generation of the retrofitted weapons have devastated Kharkiv, Avdiivka, Chasiv Yar and Vovchansk.

Ukraine claims its drones hit a Russian oil facility, sparking a huge blaze

Ukraine is claiming responsibility for an overnight drone attack on a Russian oil facility that started a massive blaze in the latest long-range strike by Kyiv’s forces on a border region.

The war between Russia and Ukraine is set to grind on as a diplomatic conference packs little punch

Russia and Ukraine are set to remain locked in battle for the foreseeable future after an international gathering billed as a first step toward peace delivered no eye-catching diplomatic breakthrough that might suggest a coming end to Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II.

9 killed in Russian aerial attacks on Ukraine ahead of G7 summit aimed at slowing Moscow’s offensive

Russian forces have launched new deadly attacks on Ukraine, killing at least nine people a day before a high-profile meeting where leaders of countries that are some of Ukraine’s biggest backers are to discuss how to slow Moscow’s offensive.

Zelenskyy appeals for help with Ukraine’s energy network as recovery conference opens

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appealed for short-term help in repairing his country’s electricity network and long-term investment in its energy system.

Ukraine’s air force may keep some F-16 warplanes abroad to protect them from Russian strikes

A senior Ukrainian military officer says that the country’s air force may keep some of the F-16 fighter jets it’s set to receive from its Western allies at foreign bases to protect them from Russian strikes.

Nearly 1,000 people honor a young Ukrainian journalist and volunteer combat medic killed in action

Nearly 1,000 people have attended a ceremony honoring the memory of Ukrainian journalist Iryna Tsybukh, who was killed in action while serving as a volunteer combat medic.

Russia and Ukraine exchange POWs for the first time in months. Bodies of fallen are also swapped

Ukraine and Russia have exchanged prisoners of war, each sending back 75 POWs in the first such swap in the past three months.

Ex-Ukrainian president says US delay in war aid was ‘colossal’ waste, let Putin inflict more damage

Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko says the long delay by the U.S. Congress in approving military aid for his country was “a colossal waste of time.”

Ukrainian president signs controversial law to boost conscription to fend off Russia’s aggression

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed a controversial law, days after it was passed by parliament, potentially helping Kyiv to boost conscription to replenish depleted forces to fend off Russia’s continued aggression.

Massive attack destroys one of Ukraine’s largest power plants

Officials say a massive missile and drone attack has destroyed one of Ukraine’s largest power plants and damaged others.

A drone attack kills 4 people in Ukraine’s second-largest city as Russia builds its war strength

Authorities say a nighttime Russian attack using Iranian-designed drones has killed four people and wounded 12 in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city.

Ukraine lowers its conscription age to 25 to replenish its beleaguered troops

Ukraine has lowered the military conscription age from 27 to 25 in an effort to replenish its depleted ranks after more than two years of war following Russia’s full-scale invasion.

Ukraine ramps up spending on homemade weapons to help repel Russia

Ukraine needs any edge it can get to repel Russia from its territory. One emerging bright spot is its small but fast-growing defense industry, which the government is flooding with money in hopes that a surge of homemade weapons and ammunition can help turn the tide.

Russia launches sweeping attack on Ukraine’s power sector, a sign of possible escalation

Russia unleashed one of its most devastating attacks against Ukraine’s electric sector, an aerial assault it said was retaliation for recent strikes inside Russia.

Russia fires 31 missiles at Kyiv in the first attack in weeks as people scramble for cover in subway

Russia has fired more than two dozen missiles at Kyiv, attacking the Ukrainian capital for the first time in six weeks and sending panicked residents flooding into the relative safety of the subway system in a scene reminiscent of the first weeks of the war.

Russian missiles kill at least 16 people in the latest strike on southern Ukraine’s Odesa

A Russian missile attack blasted homes in the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa, followed by a second missile that targeted first responders who arrived at the scene.

Takeaways into AP investigation into Russian system to force its passports on occupied Ukraine

Russia has successfully imposed its passports on nearly the entire population of occupied Ukraine by making it impossible to survive without them, coercing hundreds of thousands of people into citizenship.

Russia forces Ukrainians in occupied territories to take its passports – and fight in its army

Russia has successfully imposed its passports on nearly the entire population of occupied Ukraine by making it impossible to survive without them, coercing hundreds of thousands of people into citizenship.

Oscars international broadcast cuts ’20 Days in Mariupol’ win, sparking criticism in Ukraine

The shortened version of the international broadcast of the 96th Oscars has faced harsh criticism in Ukraine for omitting the segment announcing the documentary feature category, which went to Mstyslav Chernov’s “20 Days in Mariupol.”

Russia says it killed 234 fighters while thwarting an incursion from Ukraine

Russian officials say Ukrainian long-range drones have smashed into two oil facilities deep inside Russia.

Ukraine’s first Oscar is hailed as a reminder of war’s horrors as Russian drones strike buildings

Ukraine awoke to another day of war with Russia but also a bit of good news. A journalist had won the country’s first Oscar for a harrowing documentary on the first days of the war.

How Ukraine lost Avdiivka to Russia

The loss of the city of Avdiivka last month marked the end of a long, exhausting defense for the Ukrainian military.

Ukraine claims it downed another Russian early warning and control plane in a major blow to Moscow

Ukrainian forces have downed a Russian early warning and control aircraft in a major win for the country as it fights back persistent Russian attacks along the front line.

Thousands of Ukrainians live in agony and uncertainty as they search for their missing loved ones

The latest figures from the National Police show that more than 30,000 people have been reported missing in Ukraine during two years of war.

Russia’s forces turn their focus on Ukraine’s northeast in what may be an ambitious new push

An official says Russian forces are probing Ukrainian defenses for weak points in the country’s northeast.

For many Ukrainians, life is split in two: Before and after the war. This is one family’s story

As Russia launched its war in Ukraine two years ago, the lives of millions of Ukrainians were irreversibly changed.

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says foreign aid delays are making life ‘very difficult’ on the front line

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says delays in weapons deliveries from Western allies are opening a door for Russian battlefield advances.