The Latest Breaking News from Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed direct talks with Kyiv on 15 May, hours after European leaders threatened strong sanctions if Russia refused to agree to a 30-day ceasefire with Ukraine. Kyiv described the proposal as a positive sign but French President Emmanuel Macron said it wasn't enough.

Richard Tice hinted that Nigel Farage has shifted his stance on the Ukraine-Russia war, walking back his 2024 claim that the EU and Nato provoked Vladmir Putin’s invasion.

Vladimir Putin has proposed restarting direct peace talks with Ukraine in Istanbul next week, but stopped short of agreeing to a Western-backed ceasefire due to begin on Monday.

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Ukraine’s leader has insisted there must be a full, temporary ceasefire in place before any direct talks with Russia.

Russian president calls for direct talks ‘without any preconditions’ as European leaders rally behind Kyiv. What we know on day 1,172

The proposal for direct talks with Kyiv comes hours after Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and four European leaders, with the backing of the US, demanded that Moscow agree to an unconditional 30-day ceasefire starting on Monday

Sir Keir Starmer had travelled to Kyiv alongside his French, German and Polish counterparts for talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Starmer said that the US and European leaders are now “speaking with one voice” on the crisis