Putin said Russia would take more land in Ukraine by force if Kyiv and European politicians whom he cast as “young pigs” did not engage over US proposals for a peace settlement.

The latest proposal is designed to deter future Russian aggression. But Russia is not part of the talks and has shown little willingness to negotiate.

Russia's central bank says it is suing Belgium's Euroclear in court following an EU bid to use Russian assets to aid Ukraine.

For the first time it was so clearly visible that Americans, Europeans, and Ukraine are on the same side,' Tusk says - Anadolu Ajansı

Ukraine claims it has carried out the first successful combat strike by an underwater drone against a submarine, damaging a Russian Kilo-class boat in the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk and potentially removing a key cruise missile launch platform from the war.

NATO fighter jets were scrambled and air defense systems put on alert in Poland in response to Russia’s latest overnight drone and missile strikes in Ukraine.

Russia is suing Euroclear in Moscow, denouncing the EU’s plan to use €210bn of its frozen assets for Ukraine's recovery

Russia had around €210bn frozen in the EU just days after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine over four years ago

Kim Jong-un hugged the returning troops and awarded the country’s highest medal to nine soldiers killed in action.