"The Russian people are increasingly feeling the effects of the Kremlin's continued prioritization of the Russian defense industrial base."

The rift over Donald Trump's plans to take over Greenland has overshadowed Ukraine talks and delayed a post-war prosperity deal for the country. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian president has criticised his air force's performance against Russian Shahed drones.

This week, the conflict reached its 1,418th day, the same number of days the Soviet Union's Red Army fought against Nazi Germany during the "Great Patriotic War"

Ukraine will face enormous challenges to organise its first elections since Russia's 2022 invasion, with its infrastructure shattered and millions of people displaced by war, the country's election chief said.

The figure offers insight into the war's growing financial toll as Kyiv pushes for more tools to defend against Russia.

Ukraine's Oleksandra Oliynykova has called for world number one Aryna Sabalenka and other Belarusian and Russian players to be banned from tennis, saying their presence was "very wrong" with the

A Russian air attack cut power to more than one million Kyiv residents and impacted substations carrying power from Ukraine's atomic plants on Tuesday, prompting Ukraine to warn that Moscow was using the risk of nuclear disaster as a tool of coercion.