Outnumbered and outgunned, one front-line soldier has given a sobering account of Ukraine's struggle to cling on to its foothold on the east bank of the vast Dnipro river.

Ruslan Finchuk was last seen under Russian fire. His unit told his wife he was dead. ‘He just disappeared.’

Ukraine's security service said on Saturday it had prevented former president Petro Poroshenko from leaving the country on grounds that Russia planned to exploit a planned meeting with Hungary's prime minister to hurt Ukrainian interests.

Thanks to Serhii, Ukrainian artillery conducted several accurate strikes, but more Russian soldiers continued to take up positions around him.

The White House has warned that Caracas must make more progress in releasing “political prisoners” to avoid being punished again

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said defences must be quickly beefed up across the front line, after meeting commanders in some of the main pressure points in the south and east.

There may not be much the West either can or will do to help Ukraine

Ukraine said Tuesday it believed Russia had poisoned the wife of its military intelligence chief, in an apparent assassination attempt targeting the heart of Kyiv's leadership.

North Korea's ambassador made a rare appearance at the UN Security Council on Monday to defend his country's launch of a spy satellite, as leader Kim Jong Un studied images including of the White House and Pentagon.

Hungary’s Viktor Orban says the West should accept “reality” and come up with a Plan B

How can you hold elections in a war?

Russia has launched its biggest drone attack on Kyiv since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine began last year, the city's mayor has said.

The Russian military has also said it neutralized some 18 unmanned Ukrainian aircraft during the preceding 24-hour period

North Korea said Thursday it would deploy new weapons and stronger armed forces to the border with the South, as Seoul's spy agency said Pyongyang had received Russian help to successfully put a military spy satellite into orbit.

President demands ‘new level of medical support for soldiers’ as questions mount over speed of counteroffensive against Russia

Russian authorities say a Ukrainian drone heading for Moscow was shot down by defence forces on Saturday.

Putin has withstood the West’s best efforts to reverse his invasion of Ukraine, and his hold on power is firm. The U.S. and its allies need a new strategy: containment.

Former secretary general says partial membership would warn Russia it cannot stop Ukraine joining the alliance

Ukraine's capital Kyiv has been hit by the first Russian air attack in 52 days, according to city officials.

General Valery Zaluzhny admits the war is at a stalemate