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‘Our units continue to hold their positions,’ says Ukraine

Russian security service alleges Ukrainian agent Ignat Kuzin rigged car with homemade explosives; Trump meets Zelenskyy and expresses doubt that Putin wants a ceasefire. What we know on day 1,159

US president says after meeting that maybe Vladimir Putin ‘doesn’t want to stop the war’; Trump’s US polling figures slide – key US politics stories from Saturday 26 April at a glance

Trump suggested that Putin "has to be dealt with differently" after meeting with Zelensky at the Vatican during the Pope's funeral as Ukraine suffers escalating violence from Russia.

US president’s epiphany that Putin may not want to stop Ukraine war follows ‘symbolic’ talk with Zelenskyy in St Peter’s Basilica

Amid global mourning in Rome, the US and Ukrainian presidents held impromptu talks in St. Peter's Basilica as France and the EU reiterate their unwavering support for Kyiv.

France is the world’s second largest arms exporter after the US, and since the Russian invasion of Ukraine it has been ramping up production – both to send weapons to Kyiv and boost its own supplies. Arms manufacturers such as KNDS have tripled production since 2022, but are facing recruitment…

Syria's Kurdish parties on Saturday adopted a joint political vision calling for a "decentralised democratic" state in Syria with guarantees for Kurdish rights.

Nearly nine months after losing chunks of the Kursk region to a surprise Ukrainian incursion, Russia has announced that its troops have fully reclaimed the border territory

Ukraine dismisses report of Kursk loss as a ‘propaganda ‘trick’.

Putin’s attacks on Ukraine did not pause as leaders sat for the Pope’s funeral