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Nate Vance, who spent summers as a child with JD Vance, is a US veteran who volunteers to fight alongside Ukrainian soldiers on the frontline with Russia. He tells World Affairs Editor Sam Kiley in Kyiv that his first cousin is only serving Putin by abandoning Zelensky

The suspension of support to Ukrainian troops affects the army’s organisation, forces new tactics and frightens locals.

Ukrainian drones smashed into high-rise apartment blocks on the outskirts of Moscow in the early hours of Tuesday, with both sides saying it was the largest attack on the Russian capital of the three-year conflict.

Vance said the UK were ‘some random country that hasn’t fought a war in 30 or 40 years’

Three people were killed and flights suspended in Ukraine’s biggest drone attack on Moscow and the surrounding region

A Republican lawmaker criticized the Trump administration's approach toward the Russia-Ukraine war

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: In a parallel, safer world – with America playing its traditional role as leader of the West – these talks in Jeddah would be far more even-handed and Ukraine would have the full and unwavering backing of the US in its existential struggle against unprovoked aggression

‘Donald Trump and my cousin clearly believe they can placate Vladimir Putin. They are wrong,’ Nate Vance says

Romanian far-right politician Calin Georgescu on Monday appealed a decision barring him from standing in a presidential vote re-run, which has sparked violent clashes and plunged the EU and NATO member bordering war-torn Ukraine into deeper uncertainty.

Claims were made about what Mr Farage had said about the Russian president.

Other major updates from second Trump administration’s first 100 days include cuts to intelligence sharing and reports of infighting between Musk and Rubio