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Russian president has recognised Ukraine’s Luhansk and Donetsk regions as independent states: Zelenskiy says ‘we are not afraid’. Follow the latest updates

Boris Johnson hailed Putin’s commitments to French president as a ‘welcome sign’, No 10 says

Pentagon chief warns of major Russian assault on Ukraine’s capital

Alisa, a 38-year-old Ukrainian with an office job in the capital, had always enjoyed sport shooting and joined a local territorial defence unit more than a year ago to acquire combat skills.

MUNICH, Germany — Vice President Kamala Harris concluded a trip to Munich on Sunday aimed at shoring up alliances amid a barrage of shelling in eastern Ukraine and other signs that diplomatic efforts to forestall the biggest conflict in Europe since World War II were failing.

MUNICH, Germany — With tens of thousands of Russian troops canceling withdrawal plans near Ukraine’s northern frontier, and as tensions intensified in the country’s eastern Donbas region, Western and Russian leaders continued to engage in a high-stakes dance Sunday mixing equal parts diplomatic bickering and military puffery — but with…

The Biden administration on Sunday refused to unleash sanctions on Russia ahead of a widely anticipated Russian invasion of Ukraine despite mounting criticism from Kyiv and domestic rivals.

The entourage of military transport travelled towards Ukaraine's border giving another signal of imminent war with a 'Z' marked on all the military and supply vehicles

An estimated 30,000 Russian troops are in Belarus, north of Ukraine, as the US embassy in Moscow warns shopping centres and train stations in Moscow and St Petersburg have been threatened with attacks.