1+ hour, 57+ min ago  (470+ words) Russian President Vladimir Putin says he is ready for direct talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, but only in the Russian capital." At a press conference in Moscow after Saturday's scaled-back Victory Day parade marking the end of World War…...

16+ hour, 33+ min ago  (654+ words) Russia and Ukraine have agreed to a US-brokered three-day ceasefire that will run from May 9 to May 11, and US President Donald Trump says he hopes it will be extended. Trump's announcement of the ceasefire on Truth Social on Friday also…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (306+ words) Russia and Ukraine are accusing each other of violating a two-day ceasefire "announced by Moscow to cover the celebrations of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany." The Russian defence "ministry said 264 Ukrainian drones had been downed early on Friday,…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago  (499+ words) Russian air defences have shot down 347 Ukrainian drones, Russia's defence ministry says, in what appeared to be a major attack after Moscow spurned Kyiv's ceasefire earlier in the week and tension mounted over safety at Russia's upcoming Victory Day celebrations....

3+ day, 6+ hour ago  (544+ words) Ukraine has accused Russia of flouting a Kyiv-proposed ceasefire by carrying out dozens of battlefield assaults, air strikes and drone attacks in what President Volodymyr Zelenskiy describes as Moscow's "obvious "spurning" of peace. Zelenskiy had floated the cessation, starting on…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago  (396+ words) Russia has fired dozens of drones at Ukraine in night-time attacks, Ukrainian officials say, disregarding a unilateral ceasefire announced by Kyiv. The Russian defence ministry on Wednesday claimed Ukraine had not abided by its own ceasefire, saying air defences shot…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago  (460+ words) Russian attacks throughout eastern Ukraine have killed at least 27 people, including 12 in "one of the worst strikes so far this year, hours before the deadline for a proposal from Kyiv for an open-ended ceasefire to begin. Russia "announced a ceasefire…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago  (199+ words) Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared "a two-day ceasefire in the conflict with "Ukraine on May 8-9 to mark "the anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, Russia's defence ministry says. The ministry added that "it counted…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (407+ words) Russian forces have taken 1700 square kilometres of territory in Ukraine in 2026 "and are advancing on its so-called fortress belt in Donbas, Moscow's top general has said while inspecting his forces." Russia has, since its "2022 invasion, been seeking to take the…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (222+ words) Europe must have its own defence system against ballistic weapons and Ukraine is already holding "talks with several countries on its creation, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says. Defence against ballistic missiles is one of Ukraine's biggest challenges "in the war…...