The Latest Breaking News from Ukraine

Spokesperson says Moscow ‘very grateful’ for US president’s peace efforts after Russia launches biggest ever drone attack on Ukraine. What we know on day 1,189

These are the key events on day 1,188 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Republican Senator Chuck Grassley urged Trump to "at least" impose sanctions on Russia following the largest drone attack on Ukraine

Removal of restrictions, which is backed by UK, France and US, improves Ukraine’s ability to defend itself against Russia

Germany’s new chancellor says that his country and other major allies are no longer imposing any range restrictions on weapons supplied to Ukraine as it fights the Russian invasion

Conservative leader also controversially said Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is fighting a ‘proxy war on behalf of the UK’ in Gaza against Hamas

Russia has rejected a peace plan linked to Donald Trump, calling it a failure and saying it is not likely to work. A major Russian newspaper, Moskovskij Komsomolets, published an article arguing that the plan, which was once seen as important because of Trump’s supposed influence with Moscow, is now…

Donald Trump condemned both Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky for Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, as Moscow launched hundreds of drones at Ukrainian civilians

Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Monday that Germany along with Ukraine's other key Western backers had lifted range restrictions on weapons they send to Kyiv to fight against Russia.