Russia

Explosive device was triggered when officers approached a ‘suspicious person’ near their vehicle

Deposed president and his family are living with impunity in Moscow

Despite peace-talks progress, Zelenskiy said attacks show Putin ‘cannot accept that he must stop killing’

No breakthrough during intense weekend of diplomacy involving US, Ukraine, Russia and Europe

Moscow is targeting vulnerable adults and even children to recruit them as potential killers, bombers and arsonists

Zelenskiy open to possibility of summit with Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump as negotiations continue in Miami

President’s end-of-year press conference appears largely aimed at preparing country’s population for war to continue

A tear that Hungary’s premier, Viktor Orban, has spent years pulling at in the EU tent has just got bigger

Crunch summit breaks up with agreement for EU loan to shore up Ukraine’s finances for next two years

Plan would allow EU governments use up to €165bn of Russian assets without confiscating them

Key figures at depository among targets of campaign, say European intelligence agencies

Russian president vows to liberate ‘historic lands’ in hardline speech

Kyiv likely to seek maritime security guarantees from West as part of any peace deal with Russia   

US officials say ‘90%’ of issues between two countries resolved after two days of talks in Berlin

Yuliia Riabova moved to Ireland by herself in April 2023 following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

European leaders say proposed security guarantees agreed with US include a Ukrainian peacetime army of 800,000 troops and European-led military support force

Government moving ‘quickly’ on legislation to remove need for UN mandate for peacekeeping missions

Move aimed at advancing peace talks in Berlin

Move marks major shift for Ukraine, which has fought to join Nato as safeguard against Russian attacks

Incident during Ukrainian president’s visit suggests the State is ill-equipped for new era of hybrid warfare and risks serious embarrassment next year

Kyiv and European allies seek to strengthen their hand as Washington-led peace talks reach critical phase

Devices sighted in skies of Dublin Bay on night Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy landed in State

Changes to Russian sanctions rollover tees up bloc leaders' summit next week

Move backed by Brussels would transform the bloc’s approach to admitting new members

The British leader pledged ‘peace in our time’ after appeasing a tyrant – will history repeat itself?

Questions emerge over how vital security information was shared as anti-drone tech included in €1.7bn defence package

Too many in military alliance do not feel ‌the ​urgency ‍of Russia’s threat in Europe, says Mark Rutte

Airborne devices appeared in Dublin Bay, close to flight path of Ukrainian president’s plane

Donald Trump’s administration wants to erase the achievements of European integration and destroy the project

No member state has disabled or downed such aerial devices with recent exception of France, Dáil hears

Reporters Without Borders says some 29 out of 67 reporters killed were based in Gaza

Kyiv to discuss future security guarantees with ‘coalition of the willing’ states

Moscow increases battlefield pressure on Ukraine as talks on US peace push intensify

Taoiseach says incident fits in with ‘pattern’ of similar disruption in across Continent

Painful choices in Russia talks over Ukraine should not be left to US, while China’s status as a strategic rival deserves another look as Trump targets the EU

Kyiv readies ‘refined’ peace plan proposals amid intense diplomacy around Europe

Crowds gathered in celebration, but questions remain over country’s future

UK prime minister meets Volodymyr Zelenskiy and the leaders of France and Germany in Downing Street to discuss US-led peace initiative

Letter calls for bloc to ‘move quickly’ on proposals ‍to use cash from Russia’s immobilised assets

Trump administration’s recently published security strategy is hostile to the EU and no longer identifies Russia as an adversary