Civilian deaths mounted as Russia continued to press its offensive in eastern Ukraine, claiming to have captured two more villages, as Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed to retaliate with further attacks inside Russia.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has submitted a new bill restoring the independence of the country’s anti-corruption agencies.

The pro-Russian Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who is blocking Ukraine's EU accession talks, criticized Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Orbán accused him of "theatrical threats." Orbán shared an excerpt from his interview with Hungarian media on social networks.

The move to curb anti-corruption agencies sparked protests, and by Wednesday evening, Zelenskyy had announced a new bill that would preserve the agencies' independence.

Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Kyiv, Lviv, Odesa and Dnipro, protesting against the controversial bill which effectively eliminates the independence of Ukraine’s anti-corruption institutions.V

Ukraine will exceed its drone production plan this year. Manufacturers will exceed the figures expected at the beginning of the year, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The head of state heard a report from Armed Forces chief Oleksandr Syrskyi on the frontline,

Two days after he signed legislation that critics said stripped two key anti-corruption agencies of their independence, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy submitted a new bill that he said would hand it back.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday renewed his offer to meet with Russia’s Vladimir Putin and negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, but hopes of progress were low as delegations prepared to hold another round of talks.

A law curbing the independence of anti-graft agencies triggered the first street protests of the war and rare rebukes from European allies.

Yuliia Svyrydenko becomes Ukraine's new prime minister amid President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's executive branch shake with Russian war in fourth year.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced that he has already approved the text of a new draft law that aims to "strengthen" the independence of anti-corruption bodies and that he will submit it to the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament) on Thursday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will urge European partners to help fund higher wages for his soldiers fighting Russia’s invasion, in a renewed effort to bolster military recruitment amid growing fatigue in the war-torn country.