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Ukraine allies promise €21bn in military support for Kyiv

Ukraine defence contact group accuses Putin of dragging his feet over deal and Trump urges Russia to ‘get moving’Ukraine’s allies have announced a record €21bn (£18.2bn) in additional military support for Kyiv and accused Vladimir Putin of dragging his feet and delaying US-led negotiations...

11/04/2025 14:47 The Guardian
Russian media report Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff will meet Putin for Ukraine talks – as it happened

This blog is now closed, you can read the latest in our Ukraine coverage hereUkrainian defence minister Rustem Umerov has offered an update on talks and commitments made in Brussels, as he posted about Germany’s declaration it would offer €11bn in further military help to Ukraine up to 2029.He s...

11/04/2025 14:17 The Guardian
2025 'the critical year' for Ukraine, warns defence secretary - as more financial support announced

The defence secretary has said that 2025 is "the critical year" for Ukraine as he confirmed £450m in funding for a military support package....

11/04/2025 10:13 Skynews
Ballerina arrives home in US after 'nightmare' of Russian penal colony

A former ballerina who spent more than a year in a Russian jail for donating £40 to a charity supporting Ukraine has returned home to the US after being freed in a prisoner exchange....

11/04/2025 09:27 Skynews
Hegseth to Attend Ukraine Defense Group Only Virtually

His predecessor as defense secretary, Lloyd J. Austin III, started the roughly 50-nation group to support Kyiv after Russia invaded in 2022, but Mr. Hegseth has given up leadership....

11/04/2025 04:01 New York Times
Prince Harry makes unannounced visit to wounded veterans in Ukraine

Visit came after prince spent two days at the high court appealing the government’s decision to strip him of security protectionPrince Harry has visited amputees and wounded military personnel at an orthopaedic clinic in Ukraine, after spending two days at the high court in London appealing agains...

10/04/2025 21:41 The Guardian
French researcher jailed by Russia is sent to penal colony

Laurent Vinatier was sentenced to three years in prison in October for violating Russia’s ‘foreign agent’ lawA French researcher who was sentenced by Russia to three years in prison, in a case condemned by Paris, has been transferred to a transit penal colony.Laurent Vinatier is one of several...

10/04/2025 21:16 The Guardian
China and North Korea aid to Russia poses security risk in Indo-Pacific region, says top US commander

Beijing and Pyongyang are aiding Russia in its war against Ukraine, and Moscow in turn is assisting their militariesThe top US commander in the Pacific has warned senators that the military support that China and North Korea are giving Russia in its war on Ukraine is a security risk in his region as...

10/04/2025 19:07 The Guardian
Prince Harry visits war victims in Ukraine

Prince Harry has visited war victims in Ukraine as part of his work with wounded veterans, a spokesperson has said....

10/04/2025 16:48 Skynews
‘We are stepping up,’ UK defence secretary tells ‘coalition of the willing’ for Ukraine – as it happened

This blog is now closed, you can read more of our European news coverage hereWe’re getting a bit more details from EU spokesperson, Olof Gill, speaking at the commission’s press briefing right now (which, notably, got delayed by almost half an hour as that von der Leyen statement was being put o...

10/04/2025 14:35 The Guardian
‘Do you want to show strength here?’: Russia’s ads recruiting Chinese mercenaries

More than 150 Chinese nationals are fighting for Russia in Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said, recruited via videos on social mediaThe videos are across Chinese social media. Some are slickly produced Russian propaganda about being “tough” men; some sound more like influencer advertisements f...

10/04/2025 14:07 The Guardian
Plunge in Oil Prices Threatens Russia’s Vast Spending on Ukraine War

The lower revenues, a result in part of President Trump’s trade war, could prove more damaging to the Russian economy than the penalties the United States and its allies have already imposed....

10/04/2025 13:26 New York Times
Ballerina jailed in Russia over £40 Ukraine charity donation released as part of US prisoner swap

Ballerina Ksenia Karelina - jailed in Russia after giving £40 to a charity supporting Ukraine - has been released as part of a prisoner swap deal with the US....

10/04/2025 09:46 Skynews
More military support for Ukraine to be announced on Friday, defence secretary says

More military support for Ukraine will be announced on Friday as the UK and its allies "must step up support", the defence secretary said....

09/04/2025 19:03 Skynews
China turning blind eye to its citizens fighting in Ukraine, says Zelenskyy

Ukraine’s president says at least 155 fighters have been uncovered, and that Russia is recruiting via social mediaVolodymyr Zelenskyy has said Ukraine is aware of at least 155 Chinese nationals fighting for Russia and accused Beijing of turning a blind eye to their recruitment and allowing them to...

09/04/2025 18:52 The Guardian
Ukrainians Mourn Many Killed in Russian Strike Near Playground

A Russian missile strike near a playground in central Ukraine killed 19 people, including nine children. The attack was a painful reminder that a cease-fire remains as distant as ever....

09/04/2025 13:29 New York Times
They fled Putin’s Russia for the US. After Ice detention, they’re choosing to leave again

Sergei and Marina were building a new life in California after protesting the Ukraine war. But Sergei was arrested during a routine check-in – and everything has changedSergei and Marina escaped Russia three years ago under threat of arrest after protesting against the Ukraine war, seeking asylum...

09/04/2025 12:00 The Guardian
China Dismisses Ukraine’s Assertion That ‘Many’ Chinese Are Fighting for Russia

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said that two Chinese men fighting alongside Russian troops had been captured and that there were “many more” on the battlefield....

09/04/2025 10:22 New York Times
Wednesday briefing: How a refuse collectors’ strike caused mayhem in the Midlands

In today’s newsletter: ​Four weeks into the dispute, with the council declaring a major incident, the streets are overflowing with rubbish and ratsGood morning. Whatever else is going on the world, there is very little that makes people as angry as the bins not being collected. This isn’t to s...

09/04/2025 05:50 The Guardian
Ukraine’s military chief ‘must go’, says commander who quit to speak out

Oleksandr Syrskyi risking lives with ‘borderline criminal’ orders, says Bohdan Krotevych, former Azov brigade leaderA high-profile former Ukrainian commander has called for the head of the country’s military to step aside, accusing him of a lack of strategic imagination and putting Ukrainian s...

09/04/2025 05:00 The Guardian
Australia election 2025 live: Greens to use hung parliament to revive political fight over negative gearing and capital gains tax

Adam Bandt to tell press club the minor party will insist on changes to the tax breaks in a hung parliament. Follow today’s news liveAnywhere but Canberra: Australian voters on what matters to themInteractive guide to electorates in the Australian electionListen to the first episode of our new nar...

08/04/2025 21:55 The Guardian
British Steel could be nationalised as PM and chancellor consider ‘all options’

Whitehall sources say Starmer and Reeves aligned in seeing steel as of ‘huge strategic importance’ Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are actively considering nationalising British Steel in an escalation of plans first revealed in the Guardian last year.The prime minister said all options were on t...

08/04/2025 18:49 The Guardian
Accused would-be Trump assassin tried to buy Ukraine rocket launcher, filing says

Prosecutors say Ryan Routh made ‘reconnaissance’ trips before alleged incident in West Palm Beach in SeptemberA man charged with attempting to assassinate Donald Trump on a Florida golf course last summer tried to buy a rocket launcher as well as an anti-aircraft missile from a person he thought...

08/04/2025 17:37 The Guardian
Video of captured Chinese national in Ukraine provides insight - and sparks questions

In a carefully written post on social media platform Telegram, Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused the Russian army of deploying Chinese citizens on the battlefield in eastern Ukraine....

08/04/2025 16:22 Skynews
Two Chinese Citizens Captured in Ukraine While Fighting for Russia, Zelensky Says

The Ukrainian president did not suggest that they had been sent by Beijing’s military, but he pointed to their presence as further evidence that Moscow was not truly interested in peace....

08/04/2025 14:48 New York Times
Two Chinese nationals caught fighting for Russia in Ukraine, Zelenskyy says

Ukrainian president says men’s capture shows Moscow is trying to involve Beijing in the war ‘directly or indirectly’Ukrainian forces have captured two Chinese nationals fighting with the Russian army in the eastern Donetsk region, according to Volodymyr Zelenskyy.The Ukrainian president said t...

08/04/2025 14:45 The Guardian
Two Chinese soldiers captured during fighting in eastern Ukraine, Zelenskyy says

Volodymyr Zelenskyy says two Chinese soldiers have been captured while fighting in eastern Ukraine....

08/04/2025 13:22 Skynews
Two Chinese citizens captured during fighting in eastern Ukraine, Zelenskyy says

Volodymyr Zelenskyy says two Chinese citizens have been captured while fighting in eastern Ukraine....

08/04/2025 13:22 Skynews
'War must return to where it came from': Zelenskyy confirms new offensive in Russia

Ukraine has confirmed for the first time that its troops have entered the neighbouring Russian region of Belgorod....

08/04/2025 07:08 Skynews
Ukraine Questions Value of Black Sea Truce With Russia

Ukrainian Navy officers and business owners in the port city pondered what Kyiv could gain from a truce after it pushed back Russian vessels and resumed commercial shipping....

07/04/2025 18:31 New York Times
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