Conor Kennedy said he was ‘willing to die’ in Ukraine after signing up to fight in 2022. Four years later he has been accused of acting as a mercenary by a Russian court

Reports in Russia claim the deceased is a former Ukrainian navy official who defected to Russia

Ukrainian warns Putin is poised to escalate the conflict as air defences run dry

Moscow denies Ukrainian claims that Kyiv’s forces are killing Russian troops faster than they are being recruited