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Ukraine has proposed that Russia halt drone and missile strikes on civilian infrastructure for at least 30 days, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday, following a one-day “ceasefire” declared by Russian president Vladimir Putin.

Ukraine may have to import 6.3 billion cubic metres of gas for the 2025-26 winter season, as its stocks have fallen to a record low, a former gas operations head said.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday that the Russian army is making a pretence of an Easter ceasefire declared by President Vladimir Putin, continuing overnight attempts to inflict front-line losses on Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday that Russian artillery fire had not subsided despite the Kremlin's proclamation of an Easter ceasefire.

Russia launched eight missiles and 87 drones in an overnight attack on Ukraine, causing damage in five regions across the country, the Ukrainian air force said on Saturday.

U.S. officials are open to recognizing the illegally annexed Crimean peninsula as Russian territory as part of a wider peace deal in Ukraine, according to reports.

This is the first time Zelenskyy has openly accused China of aiding Russia in the war.

Pictures posted online showed a large blaze and firefighters working at the scene well into the night.

Ukrainian forces have struck the Russian missile brigade responsible for an attack on the city of Sumy on Sunday that killed 35 civilians and injured 117, the country’s military has said.

Meanwhile, Ukraine has fired the governor of the Sumy region.

Factories in Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine are being used to develop and mass-produce military drones, while Ukrainian children are reportedly being trained as drone operators, according to a new report by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

Two Chinese citizens captured fighting for Russia in eastern Ukraine claimed during a Kyiv press conference that they fell into “a trap” set up by Moscow.

"Only filthy scum can act like this – taking the lives of ordinary people," president Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on X.

Ukraine produced eight times as many cruise missiles in 2024 as it did the year before, a government minister has said.

A Ukrainian F-16 pilot has been killed in action, only the second F-16 fighter to have died defending their homeland against Russia, the country’s Air Force has announced.

Russia may be considering the deployment of nuclear weapons in space in contravention of an international treaty, NATO’s secretary general has warned.

Chinese men are drawn to joining Russia’s war effort in Ukraine by ads on social media promising high pay and battlefield adventure.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Kyiv has “precise data” on over 150 Chinese nationals fighting for Russia and warned that Moscow’s use of foreign recruits is a “deliberate step” to prolong the war.

Russia’s anticipated spring offensive in Ukraine has now begun, Kyiv’s top military commander said on Wednesday, as Moscow looks to strengthen its position amid ongoing peace talks.

Moscow is allegedly aiming to double the population of the occupied regions.