Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is due to meet European leaders in the United Kingdom for talks on military aid to stave off future Russian aggression if a ceasefire stops the war now in its fourth year.

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A group of countries supporting Ukraine has agreed to increase pressure on Moscow through measures including sanctions on Russian oil companies.

Currently, Russia controls all of the Luhansk region and part of Donetsk alongside most of Kherson and Zaporizhia.

European leaders want to build on President Trump’s sanctions on Russia with new commitments of financial and military support for Kyiv.

The European Union has not reached a decision about whether to use frozen assets belonging to the Russian central bank to provide Ukraine with loans.

As Trump's plan to meet Putin is called off, Zelenskyy says another bloody night in Ukraine shows Russia isn't feeling "enough pressure for dragging out the war."

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A Ukrainian politician has hailed a council's agreement with the region he heads as "extremely important". Suffolk County Council has signed a memorandum of understanding with Poltava Regional Military Administration.

Russia is banned from the winter games in Italy because of its invasion of Ukraine. Somehow this is bi people's fault.