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Russian President Vladimir Putin snuffed out any immediate hope of diplomacy to end the fighting in Ukraine and ordered Russia’s military advance to proceed, as Germany joined Western nations in rushing aid to help the government in Kyiv defend itself.

When Volodymyr Zelenskiy was growing up in southeastern Ukraine, his Jewish family spoke Russian and his father once forbade the younger Zelenskiy from going abroad to study in Israel. Instead, Zelenskiy studied law at home.

As war rages above ground, Ukrainians have sought safety in metro stations and basements

The model, who was born in Kyiv, spent her early years in Russia

Exclusive: Officials in the west are anxious that Russia could turn to weapons capable of inflicting heavy casualties, reports Kim Sengupta in Kyiv

Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Russia's Chechnya region and an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, said on Saturday that Chechen fighters had been deployed to Ukraine and urged Ukrainians to overthrow their government. In a video posted online, Kadyrov boasted that Chechen units had so far suffered no losses…

Centre launches Operation Ganga to bring back citizens stranded in Ukraine via Romania, Hungary

Wladimir Klitschko made the appeal on the third day of the invasion

The Russian operation to invade Ukraine is estimated to be costing £15billion every day and is failing due to overconfidence by the Kremlin