Russian forces have surrounded the embattled Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk and control 70 per cent of it, President Vladimir Putin claimed on Thursday, though Kyiv's top general insisted Ukrainian defenders were pushing back hard amid fierce fighting in the city centre.

President Zelensky says Ukraine faces one of the most difficult moments in its history, as the White House pushes its plan.

A senior Ukrainian defense official told Business Insider that the Delta system has increased combat efficiency and decision-making speed.

The Ukrainian open-source intelligence initiative DeepState, which created and maintains an interactive map of Russia’s invasion, has slammed the team behind a separate mapping tool, Polyglobe, accusing them of improperly using DeepState data to fuel bets on the war.

The 28-point proposal, which comes as the Trump administration tries to restart settlement talks, includes demands long rejected by Kyiv as nonstarters.

Donald Trump is expected to send his special envoy Steven Witkoff to Moscow this week to talk about a revised proposal for peace in Ukraine. There are five regions central to negotiations and Vladimir Putin wants them all.

Hello, this is Yuliia Taradiuk reporting from Kyiv on day 1,373 of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The top story of the day so far: As Russian infiltration groups reportedly reached the outskirts of Huliaipole,