Ukraine has largely been driven out of Kurakhove, a battered but strategic town in the Donbas, Russia said. Kyiv’s forces were pressing a renewed offensive in southern Russia.

Ukrainian forces on Sunday launched a new offensive inside Russia's western Kursk border region, going on the attack with substantial forces.

Zelensky went on to say that Ukraine cannot achieve just peace with a small military, such as "40,000 or 50,000 soldiers" – a reference to Russian President Putin's initial demand during the Istanbul peace talks between Russia and Ukraine in Spring 2022 that Ukraine demilitarise and only maintain a force of roughly 50,000 personnel.

In an interview with podcaster Lex Fridman, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia would only be workable if the United States would provide secur