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UK government ready to escalate efforts to secure money from the sale of Chelsea which are earmarked for humanitarian causes in Ukraine

Delegations in Istanbul agree swap of at least 1,000 prisoners, and Ukraine says Russia agreed to return some abducted children

Delegations from Ukraine and Russia met for a second time in Istanbul in a month on June 2, 2025. Missing, again, were the country’s two leaders.

The two sides agree to swap prisoners and remains of about 6,000 soldiers killed in combat but are at odds over a truce.

After the second round of direct talks, which lasted just over an hour in Istanbul, Russia and Ukraine remain far apart in what each side demands from the other.

Mr Nawrocki, a father of three, historian and amateur boxer, is a new face in politics

A surprise Ukrainian drone attack that targeted Russian air bases hosting nuclear-capable strategic bombers was unprecedented in its scope and sophistication, and dealt a heavy blow to the Russian military

Ukrainians are celebrating the success of one of the most audacious coups of the war against Russia – a coordinated drone strike on June 1 on five airbases deep inside Russian territory. Known as Operation Spiderweb, it was the result of 18 months of planning and involved the smuggling of…

The second round of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine lasted just over an hour

Conservative Karol Nawrocki's knife-edge victory by 50.89% of the votes in Poland’s nail-biting weekend presidential runoff election, against liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski, set the stage for a revivified right wing and for an uncomfortable cohabitation with Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warned regional allies Monday that a NATO target to boost defence spending by 2032 would come "too late", as countries arm in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. She was speaking at a summit in Vilnius, attended by Ukraine's leader Volodymyr Zelensky.