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How a former Zelenskyy adviser and a Kyiv-based barber struck up a unique friendship just hours before the war began.

The anti-tank ditches near Ukraine's occupied southeastern town of Polohy stretch for 30 km (19 miles). Behind are rows of concrete "dragon's teeth" barricades. Further back are defensive trenches where Russia's troops will be positioned.

Beijing is trying to bolster its claim to be a neutral peacemaker, but in reality, China’s president has provided plenty of diplomatic cover for Vladimir Putin

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy describes the talk with Chinese President Xi Jinping as ‘long and meaningful’.

Much like Washington’s stance on Taiwan, China’s position on the invasion of Ukraine has been one of “strategic ambiguity”. China has consistently emphasised the importance of sovereignty and territorial integrity while failing to condemn the invasion and reassuring Moscow of its “friendship without limits”.

Italy on Wednesday said it aimed to play a major role in the reconstruction of Ukraine and urged European Union bodies to back the rebuilding of a country battered by over a year of war with Russia.

On the day Russia invaded Ukraine, Vlada Belozorenko, a Kyiv theatre director and public speaking coach who grew up speaking Russian, decided that all of her business would now be carried out exclusively in the Ukrainian language.

Ukraine marked the 37th anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster on Wednesday by urging the world not to bow to Russian "blackmail" over nuclear facilities it has seized during its invasion.

Head of Ukrainian military intelligence says Russia has switched to defensive positions ahead of Kyiv’s long-awaited counterattack

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has welcomed thousands of Russian troops to his country, allowed the Kremlin to use it to launch the invasion of Ukraine last year, and offered to station some of Moscow’s tactical nuclear weapons there

Stirling rallied to give a moving farewell to a Ukrainian woman who settled in the region after fleeing the Russian invasion. Olga Borovska, 70, from Kyiv, passed away at Forth Valley Royal Hospital after a short illness - with her only relative, a