Ukraine

MI5 boss Ken McCallum said Russian agents have carried out ‘arson, sabotage and more dangerous actions’ in the UK.

Director-general Ken McCallum was speaking at the Counter Terrorism Operations Centre in west London on Tuesday.

Both sides are facing the issue of how to sustain their costly war of attrition following the Russian invasion in 2022.

A 49-year-old man was killed in the Kharkiv region when his car was hit by a drone, said regional governor Oleh Syniehubov.

Photos showed charred remains of an aircraft after it landed on a house that caught fire.

Ukraine is unlikely to reverse recent gains by Russia with ‘relative stability on the front line’ expected, the officials said.

Mr Rutte met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv as air raid sirens twice went off in the Ukrainian capital.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said the latest Kharkiv attack highlighted the urgent need for increased support from Ukraine’s Western allies.

The capture of the strategically important town in the east of the country brings Russian forces closer to the key logistics hub of Pokrovsk.

Ukrainian officials said the attack was ‘most likely’ carried out by Russian artillery and hit close to a public transport stop in Kherson.