The Latest Breaking News from Zaporizhzhia

As Russia marks 80 years since the second world war with wild celebrations, in Ukraine the tone is very different

As the US lays out its territorial proposals for a ceasefire between Kyiv and Moscow, The Independent maps the land which Ukraine stands to lose

Russian forces are preparing to launch a fresh military offensive in the coming weeks to maximize the pressure on Ukraine and strengthen the Kremlin’s negotiating position in ceasefire talks

Russia launched an attack on the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, killing three people, in a residential area.

Moscow is hoping to achieve "some progress" at talks in Saudi Arabia on Monday, a Russian negotiator told state media some 48 hours before the United States meets delegations from both Ukraine and Russia in a bid to halt the three-year conflict.

Ukrainian officials say Russian drones have struck the city of Zaporizhzhia, killing three people and wounding 12

South-eastern Ukrainian city struck more than 10 times, while three people die in attacks on Sumy and Donetsk; Germany approves €3bn in new military aid for Ukraine. What we know on day 1,123

Donald Trump’s latest peace bid for Ukraine focused on a piece of real estate, the Zaporizhzhia power plant, in his latest phone call with Volodymyr Zelensky. The US would take over the repairs and management of the complex, the biggest nuclear generating facility in Europe, and tenth in the world.

Russian forces launched a large-scale overnight assault on Ukrainian cities, injuring at least nine people and causing extensive damage to homes and infrastructure in Zaporizhzhia and Odesa.