Lord Mandelson said in an interview on US television that Ukraine should be the first to commit to a ceasefire and “defy the Russians to follow”

Agreeing a deal to end the war in Ukraine will involve "difficult diplomatic conversations" with allies, a UK defence minister has said. Armed Forces Minister Luke Pollard said options were on the table but insisted nothing had been agreed,

It would be a “big mistake” to stop sending support to Ukraine and think that “all we’ve got to do is wait for a deal now” between Kyiv and Moscow, Sir Keir Starmer said.Speaking with employees working in the defence industry in the North West,

A government minister has rejected Emmanuel Macron’s claim that France and the UK are proposing a one-month truce in the Ukraine war. Luke Pollard said it was “not a plan that we currently recognise”.

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Lord Mandelson, the UK’s ambassador in Washington, suggested Ukraine should commit to a ceasefire and ‘defy the Russians to follow’.

Russia will have to pay for the reconstruction of Ukraine in any peace deal, a potential future leader of the country has demanded. In a statement made in London, Gen Valeriy Zaluzhny, who was sacked as commander-in-chief Ukrainian President by Volodymyr Zelenskyy just over a year ago,

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After a clash in the White House, European leaders and Kyiv are jointly developing a peace plan. They want to present it to US President Donald Trump, who continues to insist on an "immediate" ceasefire and has increased pressure on Ukraine by putting military aid on hold.

The UK and France have not yet agreed on a partial one-month ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, according to Luke Pollard, the UK's Under Secretary of Defense for Armed Forces. Pollard said that there was no agreement on what the truce should look like.