Putin plays host to 36 world leaders at Brics summit in Russia

Unclear if UN secretary general will attend Kazan meeting of countries including China, India and Iran

Putin disrupting food aid for Gaza by attacking Ukraine ports, says Starmer

Russian president ‘willing to gamble on food security’ by stepping up strikes on grain ships, says UK prime minister

US says there is evidence of North Korean troops in Russia

South Korean officials say North has so far sent 3,000 troops out of a promised 10,000 to support Russia’s war in Ukraine

Putin does not deny North Korea has sent soldiers to Russia

President’s comments at Brics summit are ambiguous, however, US says it has evidence of movement of troops who could fight in Ukraine

Ministers urged to cut ties with P&O Ferries owner over links to Russia

The government is facing calls to cease trading with DP World because of its partnership with Putin’s northern sea route

G7 vows to clamp down on Russia’s oil sanctions evasion

Group commits to unspecified measures to enforce price cap on Russian exports in response to Ukraine war

Lithuanian election winner promises to bolster defence to counter Russia threat

Social Democrat leader says spending should be no less than party’s election manifesto pledge of 3.5% of GDP

Russia to deploy 10,000 North Korean troops against Ukraine within ‘weeks’, Pentagon says

Addition of North Korean soldiers will stoke regional tensions and further stretch Ukraine’s weary army in the almost three-year war

‘Carved on bodies and souls’: Russia’s use of male sexual torture in Ukraine

Survivor Oleksii Sivak has set up a support group for others who have suffered widespread but unspoken abuse

Kharkiv residents describe ‘pure horror’ after Russian attack on historic building

Strikes on Derzhprom building described as cultural vandalism against symbol of Ukrainian resistance

Russian police charge woman in Crimea over daughter’s pro-Ukraine video

Clip of Russian and Ukrainian flags with angry face and heart emojis accused of ‘discrediting’ army

North Korean troops moving to Russia’s Kursk region, says US defence secretary

Lloyd Austin said deployment near Ukraine border was dangerous and destabilising development

About 8,000 North Korean soldiers at Ukraine border, says US

Antony Blinken warns that Russia is preparing to deploy the troops into combat ‘in the coming days’

Russia sends ex-US consulate employee to prison for ‘secret collaboration with foreign state’

Robert Shonov worked for 25 years for consulate and was arrested on suspicion of passing secret information about war in Ukraine to US

Man jailed for claiming he had fought for Wagner group in Ukraine

Piotr Kucharski wore combat clothing with badges with insignia for proscribed terror group to an event in Suffolk

Volodymyr Zelenskyy urges allies to stop just ‘watching’ amid North Korea threat

Ukrainian president calls on countries to step in before troops sent to Russia by Pyongyang reach battlefield

North Korea tells UN it is speeding up nuclear weapons programme

Pyongyang’s envoy to the United Nations says buildup is to counter threat from ‘hostile nuclear weapons states’

Orbán, Zelenskyy, Macron and European leaders respond to Trump’s win

Public congratulations but private foreboding as heads of state, ministers and diplomats express hopes for cooperation and peace

‘A gift to the Kremlin’: uncertainty over Ukraine’s future after Trump victory

Some are dubious about any benefits for war effort while others hope it could bring an end to the fighting

Russia strikes Kyiv in huge drone attack hours after Trump win

Attack on Ukrainian capital lasts eight hours with five districts hit and high-rise building set on fire