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Ukraine has long said that any peace deal would require firm security guarantees from the West to prevent any repeat of attacks by Russia

Military analysts say Russia is close to ejecting Ukrainian forces from their months-old foothold in the western Russian region

Ukraine sprang one of the biggest shocks of the war on August 6 last year by storming across the border and grabbing a chunk of land inside Russia

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer earlier becomes the first European leader to say he is ready to put peacekeeping troops in Ukraine

Kyiv's military reported 261 combat engagements with Russia over a 24-hour period on Saturday, easily the largest number recorded this year