Ukraine

No breakthrough on Hungary’s veto of EU’s €90bn loan to Ukraine – Europe live
No breakthrough on Hungary's veto for Ukraine loan so farJakub KrupaThe European Council’s conclusions on Ukraine from today’s meeting have just been published and they are once again signed...
Ukraine war briefing: Ukraine strikes Russian aircraft sites 800km from border
Ukraine’s military struck two Russian plants producing and repairing military transport and cargo planes in the Ulyanovsk and Novgorod regions, the Ukrainian general staff said on Wednesday. It said...
Ukraine war briefing: Russia agrees to stop recruiting Kenyans in fight against Kyiv
Russia has agreed to stop recruiting Kenyan citizens to fight with its army in Ukraine, Kenya’s foreign minister said on Monday after talks with his Russian counterpart in Moscow....
Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy wants new system to control Ukraine drone sales
Foreign countries and firms that wish to buy Ukrainian drones should not be able to bypass the Ukrainian government by talking directly to manufacturers, president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in...
Ukraine war briefing: six people killed as Russia unleashes missile and drone attacks, officials say
Russia hammered Ukraine with missiles and drones on Saturday, killing six people and inflicting damage across several regions of the country, Ukrainian officials said. Five of those killed were...
Ukraine war briefing: War in the Middle East is bad news for Ukraine, says Zelenskyy
It is understandable the world’s attention has shifted to the Middle East, but the situation is “not good for Ukraine”, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in Paris. “There is nothing good...
Ukraine war briefing: Putin envoy says US better understands importance of Russian oil amid energy crisis
Vladimir Putin’s envoy says Washington is “beginning to better understand” the importance of Russian oil, after a “productive meeting” with US negotiators about the Ukraine invasion. “We discussed promising...
Ukraine war briefing: row between Kyiv and Hungary over pipeline carrying Russian oil deepens
A row between Ukraine and Hungary over a pipeline carrying Russian oil appeared to deepen on Wednesday, after Budapest said it had dispatched a delegation for talks, only for...
Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy accuses Hungary of ‘banditry’ over $82m of seized gold
The Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orbán, has ordered that a shipment of Ukrainian cash and gold seized last week by Hungarian authorities be held in custody for up to...
Ukraine war briefing: drone experts will be in Middle East in coming days, says Zelenskyy
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday that Kyiv’s drone experts will be on site in the Middle East “next week”, as he seeks US air defence missiles in...