Russian forces have now launched the highest number of drone strikes in a single month since the conflict began in February 2022.   13:17 A Russian court has sentenced a man convicted over a car bombing that seriously wounded the nationalist writer Zakhar Prilepin to life in prison,

Moscow’s troops have retaken a few villages in a border area that Kyiv’s forces invaded last month and are also advancing steadily in eastern Ukraine.

In Kyiv, multiple explosions and machine gun fire could be heard throughout the night as the Ukrainian capital’s air defenses fought off a drone attack for five hours. No casualties were reported in Kyiv or elsewhere,