Flashpoint Ukraine News Today

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin called on Kyiv's allies on Thursday to "dig deep" to provide more arms and ammunition to fight Russia's invasion. The U.N. nuclear chief heads to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Russia threatens to withdraw from a deal to export Ukrainian grain.

The Red Cross warns that landmines could pose a threat for decades following the Kakhovka dam breach in Ukraine. The White House says it sees signs of a deepening partnership between Russia and Iran. Stories from some of the women serving in the war.

Floodwaters from a collapsed dam kept rising in southern Ukraine on Wednesday. Aid groups respond to the thousands in need of in what is being called a humanitarian catastrophe. One woman’s project to sell puzzles of destroyed Ukrainian buildings and monuments to raise money for rebuilding.

A major dam in Ukraine is attacked, triggering floods, massive evacuations and threat to Europe's largest nuclear power plant. The U.S. imposes fresh sanctions on members of a Russian intelligence – linked group. A documentary on the invasion Mariupol screened for the first time in Ukraine.

Russian shelling in Dnipro leaves a two-year-old child dead. Ukraine's military says it has no information about a major offensive which Russia says Kyiv launched in the Donetsk region. An exhibition in Poland, highlights Ukrainian artists aiming to capture the brutality of Russian aggression.

Kyiv is attacked again as pro-Kyiv forces launch incursion in to Russian territory. The Black Sea Grain Deal is hitting a snag and Joe Biden speaks to Air Force Academy graduates. Plus a look at Ukraine’s short-term challenges in getting the F-16s up and fighting.

Kyiv attacked again, killing three people including mother and child. NATO chief says that Russia can not decide Ukraine’s membership in to NATO and divisions inside Georgia as some in the country try to distance themselves from Russia. Plus, can Putin be arrested in South Africa?

The U.S. will send more military aid to Ukraine as the world works to protect the Zaporzhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. Reaction to the drone attack on Moscow and a look at how South African currency is connected to the war. Plus, what’s responsible for the political divide in Moldova?

Moscow and Kyiv are both the targets of drone attacks, we get an update from Kyiv. The politics of war appear at the French Open and a look at Ukrainian drone builders. Plus the story of a 16 year old boy evacuated from Bakhmut.

Kyiv targeted by massive attack as city celebrates it’s anniversary. VOA speaks with a former ambassador inside a a bomb shelter and a conversation about the differences between American and European right-wing attitudes towards Ukraine. Plus, how has the war affected American farmers’ business?