Katya Soldak

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Editorial Director at Forbes

FORBES, editorial director, international editions

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Tuesday, June 24. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information From Ukraine

3 days ago | forbes.com | Katya Soldak

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrives at the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands on June ... More 24, 2025. (Photo by Bob Reijnders / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by BOB REIJNDERS/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)Middle East Images/AFP via Getty ImagesDispatches from Ukraine. Day 1,217. Russian Attacks on Ukraine. Dnipropetrovsk region.
Tuesday, June 17. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information From Ukraine

1 week ago | forbes.com | Katya Soldak

TOPSHOT - Ukrainian rescuers conduct a search and rescue work in a heavily damaged residential ... More building following the Russian missile strike in Kyiv on June 17, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russian airstrikes on Ukraine's capital Kyiv early on June 17, killed at least one person — a US citizen — with 16 more injured, the city's mayor said. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP) (Photo by GENYA SAVILOV/AFP via Getty Images)AFP via Getty ImagesDispatches from Ukraine. Day 1,210. Kyiv.
Friday, June 13. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information From Ukraine

2 weeks ago | forbes.com | Katya Soldak

KYIV, UKRAINE - JUNE 12: Members of German delegation are seen laying flowers to pay respects to the ... More memorial for the fallen defenders of Ukraine on an Independence square in Kyiv, Ukraine on June 12, 2025. (Photo by Danylo Antoniuk/Anadolu via Getty Images)Anadolu via Getty ImagesDispatches from Ukraine. Day 1,206.
Wednesday, June 11. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information From Ukraine

2 weeks ago | forbes.com | Katya Soldak

Culture Front. “Animals in War,” a feature film anthology of seven shorts based on real events during Russia’s war on Ukraine, premiered at New York's Tribeca Festival on June 8. Each episode, including one starring a Hollywood star Sean Penn, centers around a story about animal and human compassion. The vignettes, each directed by a different Ukrainian filmmaker, also capture the mundane realities of life during wartime with insight and sensitivity, underscoring the tragedy of Russia’s aggression.
Tuesday, June 10. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information From Ukraine

2 weeks ago | forbes.com | Katya Soldak

ODESA, UKRAINE - JULY 23: An interior view of the Transfiguration Cathedral heavily damaged by ... More Russian missile on July 23, 2023 in Odesa, Ukraine. The Russian missile broke through the roof the main Orthodox cathedral of the city Photo by Yan Dobronosov/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)Global Images Ukraine via Getty ImagesDispatches from Ukraine. Day 1,204.
Saturday, June 7. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information From Ukraine

2 weeks ago | forbes.com | Katya Soldak

KYIV, UKRAINE - JUNE 6: Rubble and debris lie in a destroyed apartment at damaged residential ... More building after a Russian drone-and-missile attack on June 6, 2025 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Photo by Vitalii Nosach/Global Images Ukraine via Getty ImagesGlobal Images Ukraine via Getty ImagesDispatches from Ukraine. Day 1,200. Russia’s Attacks on UkraineDays after operation Spiderweb, Russia launched 407 drones and 45 missiles at the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, in the early hours of Friday, June 6th.
Monday, June 2. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information From Ukraine

3 weeks ago | forbes.com | Katya Soldak

TOPSHOT - Head of the Ukrainian delegation and Ukraine's Defence Minister Rustem Umerov (L) speaks, ... More flanked by Ukraine's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergiy Kyslytsya (C), during a press conference after a second meeting of direct talks between Ukrainian and Russian delegations, at the Ciragan Palace, in Istanbul, on June 2, 2025.
Saturday, May 31. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information From Ukraine

3 weeks ago | forbes.com | Katya Soldak

Dispatches from Ukraine. Day 1,193. Russia’s Attacks on Ukraine and War DevelopmentsAiming to create a "buffer zone," Russian forces have seized villages near Sumy, Ukraine’s northern regional capital. As 50,000 Russian troops accumulate on Ukraine’s border, the Sumy region prepares for a renewed large-scale offensive. More than 200 settlements are under evacuation orders after Russia advanced deeper into Ukrainian territory.
Tuesday, May 27. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information From Ukraine

1 month ago | forbes.com | Katya Soldak

Dispatches from Ukraine. Day 1,189. Russia's Attacks on UkraineRussia launched an unprecedented wave of aerial attacks on Ukraine between May 24 and 26, deploying 903 drones and 92 missiles over three consecutive nights, marking the most intense bombardment since the start of the war. On May 26 alone, Ukraine’s Air Force intercepted nine cruise missiles and neutralized 288 of the 355 incoming drones, a record number deployed in single attack to date.
Saturday, May 24. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information From Ukraine

1 month ago | forbes.com | Katya Soldak

Dispatches from Ukraine. Day 1,186. Russia’s Attacks on UkraineKyiv. Russia launched 14 ballistic missiles and dozens of drones at Ukraine’s capital overnight on March 24. It's one of the biggest combined aerial attacks on the Ukrainian capital of the three-year war, damaging several apartment buildings and injuring 15 people. Sumy region. On May 20, Russian forces carried out 120 strikes on 35 settlements across Ukraine’s northern province, killing two civilians and wounding seven others.