The Latest Breaking News from Suspilne

Public reacts to news that Russia is to spend more than 40% of its budget on defence and security; Russian troops occupy most of Vuhledar and raise flags. What we know on day 952

An apartment building was among sites hit in Ukraine’s second-biggest city with at least 16 people reported injured.

Ukraine’s military intelligence directorate warns that staff are leaving Zaporizhzhia as Moscow has mined power units; Pope Francis calls for peace

Head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary force says his troops’ position could be in peril due to a lack of ammunition

Radio scripts found in liberated Kherson mix Soviet nostalgia with supposed humour and veiled threats

Ukrainian officials see assault as Moscow’s furious response to the news that the US and Germany are sending tanks to help Kyiv fight Russia’s invasion

Top general says 47 of 55 Russian missiles were shot down; US move allows for wider sanctions against mercenary group

Ukraine confirmed on Wednesday its troops had withdrawn from Soledar in eastern Ukraine, almost two weeks after Russian troops said they had captured the small salt-mining town. "In order to preserve the lives of service personnel, the Defense Forces withdrew from Soledar," military spokesman Serhiy Cherevatyi was quoted as saying…

A Russian missile slammed into a village market in east Ukraine on Monday, killing two women and wounding four others including a 10-year-old girl, regional prosecutors said.