Ukraine

Russia has taken the presidency of the UN Security Council despite Ukraine urging members to block the move.

Vladimir Putin was filmed by Russian state TV driving around Mariupol in his first visit to Ukraine since the start of the invasion.

Ukraine has invited Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to visit after he said the Russian invasion was a "territorial dispute" with Russia which was not one of the US's "vital national interests".

The missile barrage came in response to a terrorist attack on Russia’s Bryansk region, the Ministry of Defense has said

But details beyond that remain sketchy.

The Wagner mercenary group has taken full control of the eastern part of Bakhmut, its founder Yevgeny Prigozhin claimed Wednesday, the eastern Ukrainian town where fighting has raged for weeks. Pressure has been mounting on Ukrainian troops trying to hold the town against Russian soldiers hoping to capture it no matter the cost. Follow our live blog for all the latest developments on the war in Ukraine.

Kiev’s troops on the ground are reportedly concerned that the government is clinging to a key Donbass city

Yevgeny Prigozhin says his troops are fighting against old men and children in besieged eastern Ukraine town

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he plans to meet China's leader Xi Jinping to discuss Beijing's proposals on ending the war in Ukraine.

The US has marked a year since Russia invaded Ukraine by announcing a new range of sanctions against Russia and new military aid for Ukraine.

Unannounced visit made ahead of 1st anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

• Streets were blocked off in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv as a high-security operation swung into action.

The US president has previously ruled out such a visit, saying he will travel to Poland but would not go further

China is considering giving Russia weapons and ammunition for the Ukraine war, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has said.

Paris stands firmly against “attacking Russia on its own soil,” the French leader stated

Vice-president Kamala Harris vows to hold perpetrators to account as Blinken flags Moscow threat to Moldova

Alexander Lukashenko, one of the few world leaders to still back the Kremlin, is now trying to cast himself as peacemaker

Ukraine will lose without "urgent help" from the West, Andrzej Duda says

An air-raid alert was declared in all parts of the country

Britain, one of the biggest contributors of aid to Ukraine, recently committed to sending tanks