Ukraine struggles to recruit and retain soldiers amid widespread criticism of draft system

Putin and Modi meet to deepen economic ties, despite US pressure

Moscow vows to seize entire Donbas region and says EU use of its frozen assets to fund Kyiv could be ‘casus belli’

EU Commission to press ahead with plans to use Moscow’s frozen assets to provide funding to Kyiv

Putin warns his country is ready to fight Europe ‘right now’ if necessary and accuses it of blocking peace efforts

Kremlin hopes Trump’s push for peace will deliver areas of Donetsk region that could take years to conquer

Trump’s reputation on the line if US cannot bring Russia to negotiating table, says Mykhailo Podolyak 

Dnipro’s vast Pivdenmash missile plant badly damaged by Russian strikes and decades of neglect

Peacekeepers, frozen Russian assets and refugees likely to be discussed

Russian drones often target evacuation teams in conflict zone that stretches for some 1,200km in country’s east

Zelenskiy calls for unity before tough talks on US plan to end war with Russia

Contacts between Kremlin aides and US envoy Steve Witkoff revealed in leaked phone transcripts

Ukraine facing tough choices over potential concessions in any peace deal with Russia

Zelenskiy willing to meet with Trump for talks on final details, Kyiv officials close to accepting framework of ceasefire deal

Kremlin calls for talks on original plan that Kyiv presidential aide says ‘no longer exists’