UK aims sanctions at Russians accused of abducting Ukrainian children

Maria Lvova-Belova accused by Ukraine of organising capture of vulnerable children in Luhansk and Donetsk

Hundreds of Ukrainian refugees left homeless in England, data shows

Exclusive: at least 480 families with children have applied to councils to help with homelessness

Russian spy caught trying to infiltrate war crimes court, says Netherlands

Sergey Vladimirovich Cherkasov spent years building up fake ID and wanted to take up internship at ICC, says Dutch intelligence

Hologram Zelenskiy promises Ukraine will defeat ‘the empire’

Ukrainian president attends Paris trade show as electronic apparition, urging tech companies to aid ‘digital revolution’ on lend-lease terms

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 114 of the invasion

The leaders of France, Germany and Italy have vowed to support Kyiv’s bid to join the EU as Lavrov accuses the west of ‘dragging Ukraine into Nato’

US agency aware of photograph showing two Americans captured by Russians

The state department told a relative of one of the men they were working to verify the image which was circulated on social media

Third American volunteer fighter reported missing in Ukraine

Concerns mount that all three men may have been captured by Russian or pro-Russian forces

EU says Ukraine should be given candidate status to join bloc

Commission also recommends candidate status for Moldova but gives more guarded response to Georgia

UK asked to host Eurovision in 2023 after Ukraine ruled out

Organisers decide with ‘deep regret’ Ukraine is not capable of staging song contest, so Britain could step in

‘Marching towards starvation’: UN warns of hell on earth if Ukraine war goes on

Unprecedented food shortages could spark riots in dozens of countries as Black Sea blockade adds to pressures, says WFP chief

Boris Johnson promises Ukraine UK-led troop training scheme on Kyiv visit

PM announces programme including battle skills and counter-explosive tactics that will take place outside Ukraine

France and Turkey propose rival plans to get grain out of Ukraine

Macron favours land routes to Romania from Odesa whereas Ankara wants to use shipping lanes through Black Sea

Putin calls Ukraine war sanctions ‘insane’ in combative speech

Russian leader also takes swipe at US jokes about health rumours while largely avoiding discussing Ukraine

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Life inside Mariupol after it fell, fighting in Sievierodonetsk – a battle that could decide the course of the war – and the Russians fighting for Kyiv

‘It gives us great hope’: mom of missing US serviceman says video is authentic

A video of Alexander Drueke expressing his love for his mother has not yet been validated by the state department

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 115 of the invasion

Putin says he has ‘nothing against’ Ukraine membership of EU; German chancellor calls for direct talks with Russian leader to end war

Eurovision 2023 should be held in Ukraine, Boris Johnson says

Comments come after Ukrainian criticism of organiser EBU’s decision to move contest to UK

UK will not yield to ‘Ukraine fatigue’, says PM on return from Kyiv

Boris Johnson reaffirms commitment to provide long-term ‘strategic resilience’ to help expel Russian troops

‘Ukraine will definitely win’ says president on visit to Mykolaiv

Volodymyr Zelenskiy gives medals to Ukrainian troops in southern city as war with Russia grinds on in east

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 116 of the invasion

Nato chief warns war could last years; Russia sends many reservists to Sievierodonetsk battle, says regional governor

Ukrainians face a homeless future in the UK thanks to red tape on renting

Stringent checks may see families left in the lurch when six-month Homes for Ukraine placements end