Willing states must act to save international legal order, warns top academic

Yale professor says wars in Ukraine and Gaza and threats from Donald Trump risk the ‘total collapse’ of the global courts system

Ukraine’s anti-corruption agency investigates country’s energy sector

Bureau alleges kickbacks in transactions involving the state nuclear power operator, Energoatom

Ukraine facing widespread power cuts after generating capacity reduced to ‘zero’ by Russian attacks

Power to be cut for as much as 16 hours a day across most of Ukraine while repairs are carried out

‘Loophole’ in sanctions allowing Russian oil to be imported to Australia through port part-owned by Macquarie Bank

Australia stopped buying fuel directly from Russia after its invasion of Ukraine but has imported more than 3m tonnes of its oil products since 2023

Russian missile attacks on Ukrainian energy facilities kill at least four

Volodymr Zelenskyy calls for more sanctions on Moscow after 45 missiles and 450 drones launched at Ukraine

Orbán to visit White House to try to broker Trump-Putin summit for peace in Ukraine

Hungary’s prime minister also seeking an exemption on US sanctions on Russian oil after Trump’s Kremlin frustrations

South Africa launches investigation into 17 citizens fighting in Ukraine

Men aged 20-39 ‘lured to join mercenary force’ in conflict-ridden Donbas region have requested assistance to return home

Ukraine faces ‘forever war’ unless Europe steps up pressure on Russia, says ex-Nato chief

Anders Fogh Rasmussen calls for air shield on Nato territory and deployment of European protection force for Ukraine

British military announces first delivery of Ajax armoured vehicles – eight years late

First 50 vehicles, costing nearly £10m each, finally ready to deploy to Nato’s eastern flank, where drones now dominate

Russian forces appear to tighten grip on strategic city of Pokrovsk

Ukraine’s general staff denies claims its troops have been encircled but military analysts say situation has deteriorated sharply in recent days

EU could admit new members by 2030, says its foreign policy chief

Kaja Kallas tells reporters more countries could join 27-country bloc, including Montenegro, Albania and Ukraine

Ukrainian computer game-style drone attack system goes ‘viral’

System rewards soldiers who achieve strikes with points that can be used to buy more weapons in an online store

Ukraine deploys special forces to Pokrovsk in effort to hold key city

Escalating battle for city comes as overnight Russian drone and missile strikes kill six people, including two children, age 11 and 14

Russian army chiefs torturing and executing soldiers who refuse to fight in Ukraine, report says

Investigation lists 101 superiors accused of tactics such as using drones to ‘finish’ off retreating troops and sending soldiers on death missions

US military to reduce number of troops in Romania as start of European drawdown

Army says 2nd Infantry Brigade combat team of 101st Airborne to redeploy to Kentucky ‘without replacement’

Russian drone attacks on civilians in Ukraine are war crimes, UN report concludes

Rights commission inquiry focused on south-east of country found drones targeted gathering points and critical infrastructure . Europe live – latest updates

‘China is watching’: Finland warns defeating Russia’s invasion of Ukraine key to stability in Indo-Pacific

Defence minister says Xi Jinping should note resolve to stay the course by global democratic alliance, including Australia

Trump describes Russia’s new cruise missile test as ‘not appropriate’

US president says Vladimir Putin should focus on ending war with Ukraine rather than testing missiles

Russia arrests Ukrainian biologist for backing curbs on Antarctic krill fishing

‘Trumped-up’ charges spark diplomatic row as scientists express fears for health of 70-year-old Leonid Pshenichnov

Russian drone attack on Kyiv leaves three people dead and dozens wounded, mayor says

Vitali Klitschko says six children hurt in overnight attack that sparked fires in apartment buildings