Volodymyr Zelenskyy asks Europe to help boost wages of Ukrainian troops
Beleaguered wartime president also seeks billions of dollars for drones and air defence against Russia
Beleaguered wartime president also seeks billions of dollars for drones and air defence against Russia

Delayed western payments keep country’s air defences ‘simply empty’, allowing Russia to knock out power, says president

Russian president’s demand shows intention to pursue campaign until all of neighbour’s Donbas region is captured

Ukrainian officials say President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is being pressed to agree to terms negotiated by the US and Russia

Ukrainian president asks if countries ‘collectively decided’ to restart flows from Russia

Washington prepared to contribute surveillance, command and control and air defence assets, say European officials

Moscow has stepped up attacks during Trump’s attempts to broker a peace deal, heaping pressure on Kyiv’s stocks