The Latest Breaking News from Kyiv

White House says Russia is executing soldiers who fail to follow orders; Moscow criticises Ukraine-backed peace talks in Malta

Ukraine’s president tells British PM brigade’s worth of troops lost trying to encircle embattled city; Putin demands action on weapons trafficking

The Russian Army has suffered over 400 casualties a day in a drive to take the city of Avdiivka, Kyiv said

There was some worrying news for Volodymyr Zelensky this week when the US House of Representatives finally elected a new speaker. Mike Johnson, a Republican congressman from Louisiana, has consistently opposed US funding for the Ukrainian war effort. Now he’s the second most powerful man in US politics behind the…

US president Joe Biden has proposed a new US$105 billion (£86.5 billion) national security aid package, including $61 billion for Ukraine.

Antony Blinken, US secretary of state, announces additional security assistance ; Moscow says talks in Malta without its presence will be ‘counterproductive’

As the war enters its 609th day, these are the main developments.

The Black Sea, which Ukraine needs to export its grain, has been a key battleground in the ongoing war.

Kyiv says Western weapons have ‘proven and continue to prove their effectiveness on the battlefield’

Swedish minister said the damage to a telecommunications cable earlier in October was through external ‘tampering’

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday that Kyiv's forces had repelled a new Russian onslaught on the eastern town of Avdiivka and were holding their ground in heavy fighting.