Amy Sedghi and Kevin Rawlinson    Emmanuel Macron says Europe faces existential threat from Russian aggression and calls on continent to adopt credible’ defence strategy. This live blog is closedRussia has vetoed a UN security council resolution calling on all nations to prevent a dangerous nuclear arms race in outer space,...

Amy Sedghi (now) and Lili Bayer (earlier)    This live blog is now closed, you can read more of our Ukraine war coverage hereHere are some of the latest images on the newswires:Ukraine’s SBU security service drones struck two Rosneft owned oil depots in Russia’s Smolensk region in an overnight attack, according to a source in Ukrainian...

Yohannes Lowe and Sammy Gecsoyler    Foreign and defence heads stopped short of concrete offers over system that Kyiv values most. This live blog is closedA new US package of military aid to Ukraine will not change the situation on the frontlines, where Russia has the upper hand, the Kremlin said. The Russian armed forces are...

Lili Bayer in Brussels    European commission floats opening negotiations with London to allow under s in UK and EU the same rights they enjoyed before BrexitCharles Michel, the European Council president, opened today’s session.He welcomed Enrico Letta, who prepared a report on the future of Europe’s single market for...

Amy Sedghi (now) and Rachel Hall (earlier)    President says attack would not have happened if Ukraine had received sufficient air defence equipment’Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is scheduled to meet with Polish president Andrzej Duda on Wednesday in New York, reports the Associated Press AP . The planned dinner...

Yohannes Lowe (now) and Jamie Grierson (earlier)    Kyiv brings in higher payments for volunteers and new punishments for draft dodgersWe have more in from Agence France Presse AFP on the German chancellor Olaf Scholz’s visit to Beijing to meet China’s president, Xi Jinping see earlier post at . for more details .Xi laid out what state media...

Vivian Ho    This live blog is now closed, you can read more of our Ukraine war coverage hereSix Ukrainian drones struck Russia’s Belgorod oblast this morning, injuring two and damaging an administrative building, the regional governor said on Telegram.Russian air defence shot down four of the drones, said...

Sammy Gecsoyler    This live blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereHere are some of the latest images coming through from photo agencies:We’ve got a bit more on Ukraine’s new mobilisation bill aimed at boosting troop numbers. Continue reading...

Rachel Hall    This live blog is now closed, you can read more of our Ukraine war coverage hereWe’ve got a bit more from Swedish foreign minister Tobias Billstrom on the Nordic and Baltic nations pushing for more support for Ukraine. He said:We support an increased role for Nato in providing security related...

Tom Ambrose (now) and Sammy Gecsoyler (earlier)    This live blog is now closed, you can read more of our Ukraine war coverage hereThree people were killed in the Russian controlled part of Ukraine’s southern Kherson region by Ukrainian shelling on Monday, the Russian installed regional head Vladimir Saldo said on Tuesday.More details to follow as...

Sarah Haque    Russian controlled power station says drone shot down over roof over reactor number six, which is currently shut downThe head of the International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA has condemned a drone strike on one of six nuclear reactors at the Russian controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in...

Sarah Haque    International Atomic Energy Agency warns about safety after Russia says Ukrainian drone detonated at nuclear power plantSee all our Ukraine war coverageThe International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA was informed on Sunday by authorities at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant that a drone detonated...

Tom Ambrose    Oleksandr Syrskyi says all enemy attempts to break through to the settlement have failedSee all our Ukraine war coverageA new Russian strike on Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, killed one civilian and injured several more, Mayor Ihor Terekhov said on Saturday. There is information about one...

Sarah Haque (now) and Lili Bayer (earlier)    Ukraine led attack on to military airfield near town of Morozovsk in Rostov region in RussiaThe Kremlin has called French President Emmanuel Macron’s assertions that Russia plans to disrupt the Olympics absolutely unfounded. Macron said on Thursday that he had no doubt that Russia would target...

Lili Bayer and Sarah Haque    Jens Stoltenberg tells Nato meeting that Ukraine needs more air defences and assistance from western allies. This live blog is closedRelations between Russia and Nato have slid to the level of direct confrontation as the U.S. led military bloc is already involved in the conflict in Ukraine and...

Lili Bayer    Allies will plan for greater Nato role in coordinating security assistance and training’, says Nato secretary generalThey have become a familiar sight in the skies above parts of Russia: long range enemy drones, buzzing their way to another target.In the biggest Ukrainian onslaught inside Russian...

Sarah Haque (now) and Martin Belam (earlier)    Kyiv officials say attack in Tatarstan was on a facility producing long range dronesTwo weeks before the deadly terrorist attack at a Moscow theatre killed more than people in March, the United States intelligence community notified its Russian counterparts of an imminent assault.But on Tuesday...

Donna Ferguson (now) Lili Bayer (earlier)    Ukrainian president says officials discussed project to build integrated electronic warfare control system to protect against Russian attacksRussia has attacked the town of Vovchansk in Kharkiv Oblast, injuring a year old woman, according to The Kyiv Independent.President Volodymyr Zelenskiy...

Hayden Vernon    Ukraine president issues Easter message after night marked by Russian missile strikes; Russian air force conducts strike on Ukraine’s energy industry. This live blog is closedAt least two people killed in Russian strikes on Ukrainian energy networkAP reports that Ukraine launched ten Czech made...

Charlie Moloney (now) and Lili Bayer (earlier)    Ukrainian president says Kaniv and Dnister plants attacked by Russia overnight, following other attacks on energy facilitiesRussian prosecutors have asked the justice ministry to label Alla Pugacheva, the queen of Soviet pop music, as a foreign agent, Reuters reported citing the state RIA news...