The comments come after the UK and France said they would deploy troops to Ukraine if a peace deal with Russia is agreed.

Following the Coalition of the Willing summit, concrete wording of future security guarantees laid down in the joint declaration are seen as a positive shift but Russia will remain the obstacle hampering the peaceful resolution.

The US Coast Guard boarded two "ghost fleet" tanker ships in a "meticulously coordinated" operation, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said.

More than 700 flights were cancelled at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport alone on Wednesday.

Since the beginning of the day, 140 combat engagements have taken place between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and Russian troops. Fighting is currently ongoing in eight sectors of the front, with the heaviest pressure on the Pokrovsk sector.

A court sentenced a Russian military intelligence (GRU) agent to 15 years in prison with property confiscation for directing Russian air strikes on Ukrainian airfields with combat helicopters in the Khmelnytskyi region.

Trackers in DR Congo’s Virunga National Park spotted the babies being hugged by their mother on Saturday.

The BBC spoke to Venezuelans after the seizure by US forces of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.

The New Year’s Eve fire at a bar in Crans-Montana killed 40 people and injured 116.

Belgium has announced its readiness to take part in international efforts to ensure peace in Ukraine once hostilities come to an end.