The Ukrainian military says Russia’s military losses have topped 1 million, noting the huge price Moscow has paid for its 3-year-old invasion.

Military aid to Ukraine will be cut in the Trump administration’s forthcoming defence budget, the US defence secretary has said – the latest sign of Washington’s waning support for Kyiv’s war effort.

Donald Trump says Vladimir Putin told him Moscow would have to respond to Ukraine's attacks on Russian airfields. Meanwhile, the US president's NATO ambassador has demanded that countries agree to increase defence spending by 5% "now".

The number of Russian troops killed or wounded in Ukraine has topped one million, military officials in Kyiv said on Thursday, describing the huge price that Moscow has paid for its three-year-old invasion. The claim by the General Staff of the Ukrainian armed forces is in line with Western intelligence estimates.

The number of Russian troops killed or wounded in Ukraine has topped 1 million, military officials in Kyiv said Thursday, describing the huge price that Moscow has paid for its 3-year-old invasion.

To date, Kyiv has confirmed that 25 of the bombers have been damaged or destroyed in Operation Spiderweb, that was over one year in the planning.