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Moscow’s forces extend encirclement of Ukraine’s northeastern city and pummel Kyiv with a deadly attack.

Russian forces launched a "massive" attack on Kyiv on Thursday, hitting the Ukrainian capital with strikes that killed at least four people and wounded around 30 others, Ukrainian officials said.

Airstrikes draw international condemnation as four children among those killed

Here are the key events on day 1,281 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Ukrainian officials due in Washington on Friday; Russians short of fuel as oil refineries burn. What we know on day 1,282

Ukrainian president says diplomacy to end Russian invasion intensifying as team visits Middle East, Europe and US.

Central Europe has been plunged into fresh energy anxiety after a series of Ukrainian drone strikes disrupted the flow of Russian oil through the Druzhba pipeline, igniting a war of words between Kyiv, Budapest and Bratislava.

Kremlin says US’s peace push has been useful; rejects idea of European peacekeeping troops on Ukraine’s soil.

Russian hackers claim to have uncovered evidence that Ukraine has lost 1.7 million soldiers since the start of the invasion. But their claims aren't supported by available evidence.

Danish foreign minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen says any attempt to interfere in kingdom’s internal affairs is unacceptable