Putin stands to gain from the US-Ukraine ceasefire plan whether he signs it or not, writes World Affairs Editor Sam Kiley from Slaviansk

As US negotiators arrive in Moscow for ceasefire talks, World affairs editor Sam Kiley looks at how Vladimir Putin’s forces fought back in Kursk

The drones used are made in Ukraine, employ the latest technology, and were sent in such numbers that Russian air defences were unable to cope

The Russian president will aim to exploit a truce, current and former senior European officials tell The Independent

Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff is set to meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow to discuss the ceasefire

The cutting of US intelligence to Ukrainian soldiers forced a retreat in occupied Russian Kursk, sources tell The Independent. It was the only Putin land taken by Volodymyr Zelensky’s forces during the three-year war

The Russian president will aim to exploit a truce, current and former senior European officials tell The Independent

The US President said a peace deal was now ‘up to Russia’, but Moscow sources said the agreement was ‘difficult to accept’

Nate Vance, who spent summers as a child with JD Vance, is a US veteran who volunteers to fight alongside Ukrainian soldiers on the frontline with Russia. He tells World Affairs Editor Sam Kiley in Kyiv that his first cousin is only serving Putin by abandoning Zelensky

The drones used are made in Ukraine, employ the latest technology, and were sent in such numbers that Russian air defences were unable to cope

There is no faith that the US are honest brokers in talks with Russia among the people of Ukraine or in its corridors of power, writes World Affairs Editor Sam Kiley

Trump tells Putin ‘it takes two to tango’ over truce – but Russian sources say Kremlin is unlikely to embrace deal