The US president has pointed out that Russia has “the upper hand” and suggested that Ukraine has no chance of a military victory

Russian forces have advanced on several fronts recently. President Vladimir V. Putin signaled after talks with U.S. officials that he was not budging from demands.

Kaja Kallas says negotiators should not ‘lose focus that it’s actually Russia who has started this war’

The measure mirrors Beijing’s recent decision to grant the same privilege to Russian nationals

Document omits some of Washington’s pro-Russia points and calls for Kyiv’s sovereignty to be respected

Ukrainian soldiers are ready to surrender but face threats from their own command, Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov has said

Chief of the Defence Staff General Fabien Mandon has been roundly condemned in France for telling local mayors that the country needed to be prepared to accept the death of its children if it was going to deter further Russian aggression following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

Officials say proposal is aimed at stirring up division and disorientating Kyiv’s allies Europe live – latest updates

None of the proposals have been rejected outright, despite the EU dismissing the reported contents

Russia and China abstained. The vote provides a legal mandate for the Trump administration’s vision of how to move past the cease-fire to rebuild the war-ravaged enclave after two years of war.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron signed a letter of intent on Monday for Kyiv to acquire up to 100 Rafale warplanes and new air-defence systems to strengthen its long-term war effort. Zelensky's visit to Paris comes as Russian drone and missile strikes intensify and Moscow claims frontline gains.