Nine people have been killed in a Russian drone strike on a passenger bus in north-eastern Ukraine, local officials say.

More than three years into Europe’s deadliest war since 1945, there was a small step forward for democracy on Friday.

An Australian man who was captured by Russian forces while fighting alongside Ukraine has been sentenced to 13 years in a maximum security prison, Russian-installed prosecutors have said.

Volodymyr Zelensky has confirmed Ukraine will send a delegation led by the defence minister to meet Russian officials in Istanbul for peace talks, but accused Russia of not treating them seriously.

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When Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered up to 200,000 soldiers into Ukraine, his aim was to sweep into the capital, Kyiv, in a matter of days.

Big plumes of smoke are visible on a screen that’s providing a live feed from Ukrainian drones hovering over the outskirts of the eastern city of Pokrovsk, one of the most intense front lines in Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will not travel to Turkey for peace talks on the war in Ukraine, despite calls from Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky for him to attend.

Svitlana says her daughter loved her school in Poland.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he will travel to Turkey’s capital Ankara to meet President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and will be available for direct talks with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in Istanbul on Thursday.