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.

The victims included two other top officials and three children, Ukrainian authorities said.

Ukraine pushes for tanks as holdout Germany says new minister to decide

The strike on a residential building in Dnipro came during a barrage of Russian missiles across Ukraine on Saturday

Russia’s Putin says positive dynamic in military operation in Ukraine

The death toll from the missile strike on an apartment building has risen to 23, officials said.

No 10 said the UK prime minister made the commitment to president Volodymyr Zelenskiy during a phone call

A Downing St source said Mr Sunak will inform Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy about the plan on Saturday.