Follows call for vehicles to help the war effort

The councillor took grenades out of his jacket before tossing them onto the floor at a meeting livestreamed to Facebook

The Siberian Battalion is unique in many ways

Move against Patriarch Kirill is latest step in ukraine’s campaign to root out priests it says maintain close links to Moscow

Patriarch Kirill is now ‘an individual in hiding from the bodies of pre-trial investigation’

Rome trip likely to strengthen mutually beneficial relationship forged over views on immigration, defence and ukraine

With the US Congress also struggling to agree on sending fresh funds to Kyiv, this is a key moment

Kyiv hopeful ‘all necessary legal procedures’ will be completed at EU summit in January

Orbán vetoed €50bn in EU aid for ukraine defence against Russian invasion in early hours of Friday morning

EU leaders plan to resume discussions on aid for ukraine early next year

Vladimir Putin held first major news conference in two years as Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky headed to Brussels

Viktor Orbán says extra money to Kyiv had been vetoed but talks would resume in the new year

ukraine has received a green light to start sped-up talks on joining the European Union

Leaders recognise that a bigger union will bring challenges including difficult budget and policy decisions

Decision after hours of tense negotiations in Brussels is critical boost to Volodymyr Zelenskiy

President sought to paint rosy picture of Russia at four-hour-long event – but citizens had other plans

Bloc’s leaders decide to open negotiations after hours of talks as Viktor Orbán says Hungary does not want to take part in ‘bad decision’

In televised year-end address, Russian president calls for ukraine’s unconditional surrender

This is the moment Vladimir Putin takes a question from an AI-generated “resident of St Petersburg” who asks the Russian leader if it is true he has lots of body doubles. Putin responds and states: "I have decided the only one who looks ...

Russian leader to conduct end of year press conference as EU leaders meet to discuss aid for ukraine