With Russian forces gaining slowly on the battlefield, Ukraine hopes its long-range drone campaign will help persuade Vladimir V. Putin to change course.

Across Ukraine — in cafes, gyms, schools, on television and even on the front lines — people pause to remember those killed in Russia’s full-scale invasion. Around them, flags, photos and candles for fallen service members formed a dense mosaic of grief and pride.

Russian drone and missile strikes caused blackouts across large swaths of Ukraine, damaged residential buildings and injured at least 20 people in Kyiv, authorities said.

A West Yorkshire councillor has described the "unnerving and unsettling" experience of surviving a missile attack while on a humanitarian aid mission to Ukraine. John Lawson was caught up in a Russian drone attack when he travelled to Lviv as part of a convoy to deliver emergency supplies last month.

UK ready to spend frozen Russian assets to fund loan to Ukraine - Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer spoke with his counterparts from Ukraine, Germany and France on Friday.

The government is streamlining the evacuation process for residents of frontline communities and launching a State Information System to coordinate evacuations and provide assistance to people from temporarily occupied and frontline areas,

Ukraine launched a series of drone strikes and artillery attacks on Russian-held areas in Donetsk and Luhansk, including a devastating hit on a Donetsk supermarket that caused a massive fire and roof collapse.

Large parts of Kyiv were plunged into darkness in the early hours of Friday after Russian drones and missiles struck Ukrainian energy facilities, cuttingpower and water to homes and halting a key metro link across the Dnipro river.