A source at the Élysée Palace said there were three aims behind the security guarantees: to strengthen Ukraine's armed forces; to support them by deploying a separate force to make it clear to Russia that Ukraine has Western backing; and to have a US safety net, which the Americans would obviously have to maintain.

A feud between top Ukrainian law enforcement agencies that sparked a political crisis in July flared up again this week after the SBU security service accused anti-corruption watchdogs of deliberately targeting a former high-ranking agent.

Russian President Vladimir Putin told Kyiv on Wednesday that there was a chance to end the war in Ukraine via negotiations "if common sense prevails," but that he was ready to end it by force if that was the only way.

Air raid alerts sounded for hours across Ukraine, with explosions heard in nine of its 24 regions, from Kyiv to Lviv and Volyn in the west, Ukrainian officials and media said.

Now that Putin has shown his card following the summit in Alaska, it’s important for the White House strategy to adapt to this new reality. The aim should be for Ukraine to not only survive the winter months, which it will do, but to emerge stronger and backed by a concrete program for security guarantees when diplomacy resumes.

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul has urged India to press its close ally Russia to return to peace talks over the war in Ukraine.

U.S. President Donald Trump said that he remains committed to pursuing a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine despite mounting uncertainty over the prospect of face-to-face talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy,

Many of the drones aren’t particularly fast or high-tech, but they are cheap enough for the Kremlin to launch more than 700 in one night, in an effort to overwhelm Ukraine’s air defenses. Here’s what we know.