Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has said Poland will take its own decisions even if no permission is forthcoming from Germany

The Ukrainian government has said it needs advanced tanks to continue its defence against Russia’s invasion and war.

Earlier this week, Serbian president Aleksandar Vucic said Russia should halt its efforts to recruit Serbs to fight alongside Wagner forces

Russian politician poses with sledgehammer in tribute to Wagner mercenaries

The Ukrainian president’s call intensifies the pressure on Germany to release its Leopard 2 battle tanks.

Putin ally Medvedev warns Nato of nuclear war if Russia is defeated in Ukraine

The former UK prime minister compared the Russian president to ‘the fat boy in Dickens’ during an event on Ukraine at the World Economic Forum in Davos

The Russian leader met veterans during a visit to St Petersburg to mark the 80th anniversary of the Red Army breaking the Nazi siege of Leningrad.

UK foreign secretary James Cleverly has held talks in Washington urging the Americans to go ‘further and faster’ in their backing for Kyiv

Sergei Lavrov said the goals of Moscow’s ‘special military operation’ are ‘determined by Russia’s core legitimate interests’ and will be fulfilled.