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Letters: Edward Jones says Nato needs to change the equation for Russia’s president so that the war is not worth the cost, while Philip Mathias says unless a settlement is achieved, loss of life and destruction will continue

Few EU presidencies have rocked the bloc as much as the current one, held by Hungary. European leaders, many MEPs, and EU Commissioners, were rattled by what Prime Minister Viktor Orban called his peace mission in July, which included a meeting with President Zelensky of Ukraine – but also with…

From cartoon baddies to Hollywood pin-ups, Bill Plympton’s animations embrace an eccentric collection of characters, all of them set in motion in his unique, shimmering style. As the animator and cartoonist’s work goes on show at the Formula Bula Festival in Paris, he joins us to discuss the tens of…

Vladimir Kara-Murza tells Keir Starmer that further exchanges are a matter of ‘life and death’

Exclusive: Key British-Russian activist tells Tom Watling that even if he and other opposition leaders are killed, others will come in their place to challenge Putin, as he thanked The Independent for reporting his plight

As the war enters its 938th day, these are the main developments.

Moscow says it has captured another village in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region. What we know on day 940

Vladimir Kara-Murza, one of the faces of Russian opposition to Putin alongside Evan Gershkovich, sits down with The Independent for the first time since being freed in a historic prisoner swap. Tom Watling reports

Oleksandr Kamyshin spent more than a year as minister of strategic industries, overseeing Ukraine’s defence industry. He tells Askold Krushelnycky about his latest challenge

Ukrainian officials lay out plans for domestic defence industry as they await word from Western powers.

The detonation of hundreds of pagers, and dozens of walkie-talkies, used by Hezbollah leaders and associates across Lebanon, killing at least 20 and injuring 450, was a daring and high-risk attack by Israel. Some might call it foolhardy, because it opens the prospect of Israel now having to handle war…