Ukraine has hit Russia's largest oil refinery and its attacks continue to cause havoc in occupied Crimea. Meanwhile, the UK has condemned the actions of a Russian spy plane, which flew close to a British aircraft carrier.

Russia’s decision to launch a full-scale invasion of Ukraine has now cost the country some 450,000 lives, according to a new study that estimates the war’s total casualty numbers to have surpassed 2 million.

Russia has launched its biggest drone and missile strikes of the war to date. But Ukraine has hit back effectively.

Ukraine is taking the war to Russia, but so far President Vladimir V. Putin’s response has been to keep attacking, including with deadly ballistic missile and drone strikes in Kyiv on Thursday.

Russia launched a massive attack on Ukraine's capital, killing at least 21 people and prompting President Zelenskyy to call for sped-up weapons support from his partners.

The true casualties of the Russia-Ukraine war won't be known for some time, but reliable counts have the deaths at over half a million.

Don’t expect the Russian president to pursue peace. Instead, he could continue to expand the war beyond Ukraine’s borders – with dire risks for us all, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon

By Vladimir Soldatkin and Andrew Osborn ST PETERSBURG, Russia, June 5 (Reuters) - Russian President ⁠Vladimir ⁠Putin said on Friday he currently saw no ⁠reason to meet Volodymyr Zelenskiy after the Ukrainian president published an open letter proposing they hold face-to-face ​talks to agree an end to a war now in its fifth year.