Russia

Russia says it is sending its negotiators to Turkey for a second round of ceasefire talks on 2 June.

Data shows that Russian fossil fuel revenues are three times higher than aid allocated to Ukraine.

A Russian distributor orders booksellers to pull works by well-known authors, in an apparent act of censorship.

The US president's remarks on Wednesday come as Russia intensifies its attacks on Ukraine.

A brand new statue of the Soviet dictator Josef Stalin has been unveiled at a Metro station in Moscow.

Friedrich Merz said earlier there were "no longer" any range restrictions on weapons supplied by Kyiv's Western allies.

The BBC reports from Donetsk where swarms of fibre optic drones give Russia the edge as Ukraine defends towns behind the front line.

The advance may be linked to Moscow's attempts to create "buffer zones" along the border, Ukrainian regional authorities say.