The Latest Breaking News from Kyiv

Scholz said Germany was ‘strongest supporter of Ukraine in Europe’ and promised speedy arms deliveries

Ukrainian president presses idea of ‘Nato umbrella’ for areas under Kyiv’s control while Kaja Kallas says it should not be ruled out. What we know on day 1,013

Baker Sergo Gornakashvili grew up near Georgia's Pankisi Gorge, haunted by echoes of the wars in nearby Chechnya, before trading his apron for a rifle and dying on Ukraine's front line.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says an offer of NATO membership to territory under Kyiv’s control would end “the hot stage of the war” in Ukraine, but any proposal to join the military alliance should be extended to all parts of the country that fall under internationally recognized borders

Former UK ambassador to Russia says Zelenskyy playing ‘sophisticated game’ in calling for Kyiv-controlled territories to come under Nato umbrella

Russian defence minister says on visit that cooperation between the countries growing ‘in all areas’ while Kim Jong-un vows North will ‘invariably support’ Moscow’s war. What we know on day 1,011

Ukrainian president believes any ceded territory can eventually be reclaimed through diplomatic means

He said allowing unoccupied parts of Ukraine ‘under the Nato umbrella’ could help ‘stop the hot phase of the war’

Officials rage at the West for allowing Ukraine to attack deep within Russia as fears simmer on the streets.