Ukraine in focus

Footage shows ‘brightly burning munitions’ launched by Russian forces hitting Mariupol’s Azovstal steelworks

Moscow’s global intelligence network has been devastated by the ongoing conflict, experts claim

Oligarch claims Russian president has blood cancer in leaked recording

Moscow could threaten ‘millions with starvation’ through port blockade

Six figures with ties to the Kremlin have died since Vladimir Putin launched Ukraine war

Moscow has been ‘surprisingly resilient’ so far, but disaster may be around the corner

Moscow’s military top brass being blamed for Ukraine ‘quagmire’, defence minister says

Kyiv troops’ experience of fighting Russia offers important lessons for UK, defence minister says

Former president’s support base has ‘splintered’ over Russia’s invasion

Analysts fear British PoWs may be put on display during military celebration in Moscow

Invading troops showing clear ‘casualty aversion’ in new phase of war

Ukrainian president turned down opportunity to leave capital despite threat to life, adviser claims

Officials call for rapid delivery of arms as Russia prepares to escalate battle for Donbas

Your digest of analysis from the British and international press

Visit to Kyiv by senior Biden officials hints at ‘new mindset’ in Washington

Metal darts discovered by forensic doctors in bodies in Bucha mass graves

Former bureaucrat interviews British PoW in Ukraine

Berlin again isolated as West sends heavy arms to defend Donbas

UK working ‘urgently’ to confirm reports Moscow deployed ‘poisonous substance’

Finland and Sweden mulling over plans to abandon neutrality and join military alliance

Oligarch known as ‘Grey Cardinal’ pulled strings of pro-Russian forces for decades

Vladimir Putin has gambled on a threat to cut energy supplies in response to sanctions

Top prosecutor becomes most senior official arrested since invasion began

US and Britain pushing for Moscow to be expelled after slaughter of Ukrainian civilians

Moscow would reportedly stage own ‘Nuremberg Trials’ following war victory

Western allies united in effort to document war crimes amid outrage over Bucha massacre

Anti-tank missile system provided by UK has ‘cult status’ among Ukrainian troops

Russian president being ‘misled’ about botched invasion by fearful advisers, White House says

Ukrainian president showers praise on UK prime minister’s response to Russian invasion

Moscow says it is ‘drastically’ cutting back operations around the capital city

Far-right Azov Battalion on the front line of battle against Russia

Thousands of lives have been lost and millions of people have been displaced

Vladimir Putin has changed tactics on the battleground and could resort to more lethal weapons

True extent of Moscow’s losses apparently revealed in now-deleted report on pro-Kremlin news site