BBC News Ukraine
BBC News Ukraine is the Ukrainian-language service of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), producing news, analysis and reporting for audiences in Ukraine and the Ukrainian diaspora. It operates as part of the BBC's international output, with its own website and multimedia presence.
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Ukraine PM puts 2025 business damage from Russian strikes at $7.7 billion
Prime Minister Serhiy Koretsky said Russian attacks caused $7.7 billion in direct damages to Ukrainian businesses this year and destroyed or damaged more than 1 million square meters of warehouse, production, and logistics space. In an interview with BBC Ukraine, he said the economy is still functioning and outlined government relief measures, including transferring state premises to firms and adjusting the subsidized "Affordable Loans 5-7-9%" program. He also said the state has stepped in to partially compensate losses that vessels entering Ukrainian ports cannot insure internationally.
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Ukraine's PM says Russia struck energy infrastructure 2,147 times since his appointment
Ukrainian Prime Minister Serhiy Koretsky said in a 19 October interview with BBC News Ukraine that Russia has attacked Ukrainian energy infrastructure 2,147 times since his appointment on 16 July, with not a single day passing without strikes. His comments came hours after a missile attack overnight damaged 10 facilities and left more than half a million families without electricity, and despite the energy ceasefire announced on 11 October.
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Ukraine to finalise changes to military deferment rules this week, prime minister says
Prime Minister Serhiy Koretsky announced in a BBC News Ukraine interview published on 19 October that the Cabinet of Ministers will finalise changes to the booking (mobilisation deferment) system this week to combat abuses while preserving deferments for genuinely critical enterprises. He said monthly bookings have been rising by tens of thousands over the past six to eight months and that combined deferments, bookings and people evading mobilisation now exceed the number of those serving.
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Syrskyi in first major interview since dismissal: Ukraine's war outcome uncertain, Kursk operation a success
Former Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi, dismissed by President Zelenskyy in July, gave his first major interview to the BBC in which he said it is impossible to say with certainty whether Ukraine is winning or losing the war, defended the 2024 Kursk operation as a successful and necessary maneuver, and detailed his procurement-related disagreements with former Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov. He denied issuing any ultimatum to Fedorov and said the decision to remove him rested solely with the president. The interview was published on 13 October 2026.
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Russian drone strike near Yahodyn border crossing prompts Polish military scramble, airport shutdowns
On 28 September, a Russian reactive drone struck near the Yahodyn international border crossing on the Ukrainian-Polish border in Volyn Oblast. Poland scrambled military aviation, placed air-defence and radar systems on alert, and suspended operations at Rzeszów and Lublin airports. No casualties were reported, but the blast wave damaged the entry-terminal building of the checkpoint, according to the head of the Volyn Oblast Military Administration.