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MI6 bosses claim Putin has been seriously ill

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic agreed in a phone call on Sunday that Russia will continue supplying natural gas to Serbia and the two countries will bolster their partnership, the Kremlin said.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday made his first trip to the country's war-torn east since the launch of Moscow's invasion, as Russian forces intensified their efforts to seize key cities in the Donbas region. Read our liveblog to see how all the day's events unfolded.

Russia claims to have overrun a key rail hub in Ukraine while its troops fight defenders in the streets of another eastern city

Russian forces intensified their attacks with barrages of heavy artillery to capture a key Ukrainian city in the southeastern region of Donbas, whose full takeover Moscow's top diplomat said was now an "unconditional priority".

Marina Ovsyannikova held up a “stop this war” sign during a live broadcast just three weeks into Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which has seen her called a "traitor" by Kremlin officials

The Russian leader's death would be kept secret “for weeks, if not months” according to intelligence sources amid increasing speculation that Putin is "very ill" and receiving cancer treatment

'Unstoppable' new weapon adds to Russian firepower

After claiming to have captured the nearby rail hub of Lyman, Russian forces have stepped up their assault on the eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk.