By Olena Harmash KYIV, March 20 (Reuters) - Ukraine is still expecting the first tranche of a 90-billion euro ($103.89 billion) loan from the European Union next month, despite a failure to break Hungary's veto of the funding at a summit this week,

Kyiv’s forces have notched their biggest domestic territorial gains in more than two years after Russia lost the use of Starlink.

Fresh strikes across Ukraine caused deaths, injuries and major power disruptions, with outages affecting several regions including Chernihiv and Kyiv.

Rostyslav Lavrov knew he had to escape. He was stuck at a Russian naval academy in occupied Crimea, where he was sent at the age of 16 after Moscow’s forces took over his hometown in Ukraine’s Kherson region.

Ukraine has built a fast, low-cost defensive shield to stop Russian attacks with Iranian-designed Shahed drones.

Relations between Ukraine and neighboring Hungary are worsening over an oil pipeline and the EU's plan to extend a loan to Kyiv.

As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine enters its fifth year, sustained international efforts are critical to ensure accountability for grave abuses.

Zelenskyy highlighted Ukraine’s successes in protecting the Persian Gulf from Iranian attacks and its role in global security.