How is Russia replenishing its military? What is a'coalition of the willing'? How China forgot promises and'debts' to Ukraine How are Europe, the US pulling apart on Ukraine? On Sunday, Russia launched its largest drone and missile attack since the war began, firing a total of 823 projectiles into Ukraine. The attack killed at least four people, wounded 44, and caused damage to a key building in Kyiv's government district, making it the first on the site since the full-fledged war began in February 2022.

The latest international effort to achieve a ceasefire in Ukraine was launched by US President Donald Trump earlier this month. He met his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Alaska and Zelensky with European leaders in Washington. Trump has been pushing for a Putin-Zelensky summit. Ukraine's president has backed the move, but he has sought security guarantees from Western allies to prevent any future Russian attack in the event of a peace deal. On Tuesday, Zelensky met the head of Britain's armed forces, Adm Sir Tony Radakin, in Kyiv, where they discussed efforts to end the war.

An overnight Russian drone and missile attack on Ukraine's capital Kyiv has killed at least four people and wounded more than 20 others, officials said. Powerful explosions rocked the city into the early hours of Thursday morning, illuminating the sky and leaving behind columns of smoke as Russian projectiles damaged and destroyed buildings in several districts of the city. The attack was the first major combined Russian drone and missile attack to strike Kyiv since United States President Donald Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska earlier this month to discuss ending the war in Ukraine. Tymur Tkachenko, the head of Kyiv's city military administration, said a 14-year-old girl was among those reported killed, citing preliminary information. A five-storey residential building in the city's Darnytskyi district was hit directly.

At least one person has been killed and 18 others wounded in a Russian drone and missile attack on Ukraine, officials said, as Moscow launched its largest attack on its neighbour in weeks amid an ongoing diplomatic push for a ceasefire. Russian forces launched 574 drones and 40 missiles overnight, Ukraine's Air Force said on Thursday, adding that its air defence units had downed most of the attacks. But a number of the attacks struck targets in several locations across Ukraine, resulting in casualties and damage to buildings. In the western city of Lviv, about 70km (43 miles) from the border with Poland, a drone and missile attack killed one person, injured three and damaged 26 residential buildings, Governor Maksym Kozytskyi said. In Mukachevo, near the border with Hungary and Slovakia, 15 people were wounded in Russian attacks, local authorities said.

At least four people have been killed in a Russian drone and missile attack on the Ukrainian capital. Timur Tkachenko, head of Kyiv's military administration, said the attack at dawn on Saturday took place in the city's centrally located Shevchenkivskyi district. "Stay in shelters," said Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko, in a post on Telegram on Saturday morning. He had warned of a "ballistic missile threat" against the capital hours earlier and said air defences were in operation around the city. Windows were shattered in Shevchenkivskyi district, including those at the entrance of the Lukianivska metro station, which was closed down, according to the mayor.

Visiting Kharkiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the situation in the northeast was "extremely difficult" but "under control" after the military partially halted a Russian advance, most notably thwarting an invasion of Vovchansk, 5km (3 miles) from the border with Russia. Sergiy Bolvinov, the head of police investigations in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region, accused Russia of taking "30 to 40" civilians captive in Vovchansk to use as "human shields" near their command centre. General Christopher Cavoli, NATO's supreme allied commander in Europe, said he did not believe Russia's military had the troop numbers to make a strategic breakthrough in the Kharkiv region and he was confident Ukrainian forces would hold their lines there. Ukraine's General Staff said Russia was directing its most intense assaults on the front line near the cities of Pokrovsk and Kramatorsk in the eastern Donetsk region, where Russia's offensive has been unrelenting for months. An air raid alert in the northeastern Kharkiv region remained in place for more than 16 and a half hours amid Russian drone and missile attacks.