Guardian staff and agencies    US president will reportedly hold bilateral talks with Qatar, UAE and India but not Ukraine; Russian gains in Ukraine more or less stopped’, says...

Peter Beaumont in Kyiv    Residents in area around Lukianivska Square say situation is only getting worse after repeated Russian attacksOn Lukianivska Square, in Kyiv’s most...

Guardian staff and agencies    Frontline soldiers to get better salaries and revised fixed-term contracts; Putin reacts to Ukraine’s increasing drone strikes. What we know on day 1...

Editorial    Writers do not only document the horror of conflict; they speak to a future that must exist beyond itLast week, thousands of readers gathered for a...

Janine di Giovanni    Russia is also included on the UN’s blacklist - and it faces enormous pressure from sanctions. The same consequences must apply to Israel Janine di...

Warren Murray with Guardian writers and agencies    Ambassadors from E3’ group of Ukraine’s allies meet with Russian minister and urge direct negotiations; Crimea’s fuel supplies dry up. What we know...

Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor    John Healey’s complaint is that Starmer sat on this problem for months before making a derisory offerJohn Healey’s resignation as defence secretary...

Peter Beaumont in Kyiv    Remote aircraft targeting supply traffic on route connecting occupied regions to RussiaRussian forces call it the Novorossiya route, the crucial main...

Warren Murray with Guardian writers and agencies    Military factory in Cheboksary lies 900km from frontline; Zelenskyy inaugurates Day of the Unmanned Systems Forces’. What we know on day 1,569Long...

Charlotte Higgins    People have absorbed violence and terror into their lives. Somehow, they keep going - quietly rescuing, evacuating, replacing, mending, adapting ......

Pjotr Sauer    Video appears to show Col Damir Davydov’s BMW bursting into flames and bystanders pulling him from wreckageA senior Russian military official has...

Rafael Behr    The Ukraine and Iran wars are very different, but a common authoritarian delusion unites the men who started themA strongman president, self-styled...

Linas Kojala    In Lithuania, and throughout the Baltic, we have lived for years with Russian hostility - but the tech now means that London, Berlin and Paris are...

Charlotte Higgins and Mariana Matveichuk in Kyiv. Photographs by Julia Kochetova    First lady and affected families in audience for highly charged performance of excerpts of Mothers of KhersonIt was hard to imagine an opera with a...

Presented by Helen Pidd with Pjotr Sauer; produced by Guy Szafman, Casey Magloire and Rudi Zygadlo; executive producer Sami Kent    Russian affairs reporter Pjotr Sauer on Vladimir Putin’s increasing isolation - and seeming paranoia - as ordinary Russians become more restive over...

Warren Murray with Guardian writers and agencies    Second car bomb was discovered and blown up by authorities; more panic buying of fuel in Russia as Ukrainian attacks bite. What we know on day 1,568...

Editorial    Russia’s spring offensive’ is failing and Kyiv’s drones have brought the war to Moscow and other cities. Europe must strengthen Zelenskyy’s hand...

Presented by Pippa Crerar and Luke Harding, produced by James Tindale, Jacob Liebenberg, and Sam Gruet, music by Axel Kacoutié; the executive producer is Maz Ebtehaj    The Ukrainian president says Vladimir Putin’s days are numbered. As the Russian president’s influence wanes and his war machine crumbles, Volodymyr...

Jennifer Rankin in Brussels    Banks, crypto firms and Kremlin oil reserves also targeted in 21st set of measures since full-scale invasion of UkraineThe EU hopes to ban Russian...

Jasper Jolly    Protectionist measures will deal blow to country’s budget as it defends itself against Russia, says Metinvest chiefNew EU limits on steel imports...