Vladimir Putin

Officials agreed to exchange 1,000 prisoners of war each, during otherwise fruitless talks a week ago.

Ukraine's National Guard said the attack took place while the men were carrying out exercises at a firing range.

For now the Holy See says the idea of even hosting talks is more a hope than a concrete plan.

It follows Donald Trump saying Russia and Ukraine will "immediately" start negotiating, after a two-hour phone call with Vladimir Putin.

Statements from both world leaders reveal two very different realities about ending the war in Ukraine.

The US president said the pair would speak on Monday, and he would later talk to Ukraine's President Zelensky.

Another seven people are injured in Ukraine's north-eastern Sumy region, local officials say.

After seven breathless days of diplomatic hurly burly, we have a clearer idea of the US president's global ideology - and the limits of his 'art of a deal'.