Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has expressed his willingness to meet his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, at the G20 summit in the US in December, as efforts to end the conflict intensify.

President Putin held candid discussions for over three hours with two of Trump's special envoys regarding a resolution to the Ukraine conflict.

Putin has ordered a temporary halt to attacks on Kyiv for three days, coinciding with the arrival of US envoys in the Ukrainian capital to seek a peace solution.

While Zelensky warns Russian airspace could be "locked down" due to Ukrainian drones, Putin considers this a "declaration of war".

A Kremlin advisor warned that UK drone factories could be attacked by "unknown sources" after London shared missile designs with Ukraine.

President Putin stated that Ukraine "has opened Pandora's box" by targeting Russia's economic infrastructure, indicating Moscow will strike Kyiv's most sensitive sectors.

President Putin's visit to the Kuril Islands has reignited decades-long territorial tensions between Russia and Japan.