Russia said Wednesday attempts to resolve security issues relating to Ukraine without Moscow's participation were a "road to nowhere," and that much diplomatic work needs to be done before Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy are ever in the same room.

The UK Government has hit eight new Russian individuals and organisations with sanctions, targeting crypto networks exploited by the Kremlin.

Holding off on punishing Moscow isn’t getting President Donald Trump any closer to peace: Hitting Vladimir Putin with fresh secondary sanctions looks like the best, maybe only, way to get him to both sit down with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky and get serious about doing a deal.

Zelensky talks puts Kremlin in a bind: accept and legitimise Kyiv’s leader or refuse and face fresh US sanctions. Read here