Pentagon defends Washington and says ‘ukraine makes its own targeting decisions’

Dismissal of Lt Gen Yuriy Sodol comes amid series of personnel changes by Ukrainian president

Leaked comments which reveal Tory activists agreeing with Nigel Farage have been described as ‘worrying’

Rishi Sunak has heavily criticised comments from Nigel Farage that the west provoked Russia’s invasion of ukraine. Archie Bland reports

The state security service (SBU) said last month that it had caught two guard service colonels accused of cooperating with Russia to plot the assassination of the Ukrainian president, military intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov and other officials

The European Union has slapped new sanctions on Russia over its war on ukraine

Former Ukip leader defended his ukraine war comments and hit out at Boris Johnson as he made another incendiary claim – that there had been an ‘invasion of people arriving on small boats

Nigel Farage’s comments about Putin and ukraine do not appear to have dented Reform’s popularity according to a major new poll of 10,000 voters

In today’s newsletter: The Reform leader keeps wheeling out his ukraine-sceptic, Russia-curious foreign affairs takes – but why?

Yes, the Reform leader’s words were opportunistic. But at their root is a call for peace – and that should be on everyone’s minds, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Nigel Farage has hit back at Boris Johnson after the former prime minister accused the Reform UK leader of a “morally repugnant” repetition of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s justification for the invasion of ukraine. The Reform Leader addr ...

Violence could indicate Kremlin is struggling to maintain order with Putin’s attention focused on conflict

The festival of Ivana Kupala is similar to celebrations for St John’s Eve or San Juan in many Western countries

State security service said last month it had caught two guard service colonels accused of cooperating with Russia to plot Zelenskiy’s assassination

UN nuclear watchdog calls for immediate halt of attacks on Ukrainian town near Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant

The Ministry of Defence said Russia would be ‘hard to encircle’ in a video posted after Nigel Farage’s controversial comments

Kharkiv buildings were reduced to rubble and at least three people were killed in a Russian bombing attack on ukraine’s second city, on Saturday afternoon (22 June), Volodymyr Zelensky said. One of four aerial bombs hit a five-story residential bui ...

Moscow’s renewed assault on ukraine’s energy grid has seen worst rolling blackouts since full-scale invasion began

Behind the pageantry of President Vladimir Putin’s visit to North Korea, a strong signal came through: In the spiraling confrontation with the U.S. and its allies over ukraine, the Russian leader is willing to challenge Western interests like never ...

Nigel Farage says he shouldn’t be blamed for ‘telling the truth’ about Vladimir Putin’s war – though he has stopped short of offering an alternative policy