Russia strikes Kyiv in rare daytime drone attack, debris crashes on main square

KYIV, March 16 (Reuters) - Russia launched a rare daylight attack on Kyiv on Monday using drones that appeared upgraded, Ukrainian officials said, with multiple explosions ripping through the city and drone debris crashing onto the capital's main square.

Zelensky in London to press for peace and Russia sanctions as Iran war steals focus

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived in London

Russia and Ukraine both claim front-line progress with US-brokered talks on hold

Russian and Ukrainian officials are making contradictory claims of battlefield successes in their 4-year-old war

Russia has taken 12 settlements in Ukraine as part of general advances, top general says

MOSCOW, March 16 (Reuters) - Russia has taken control of 12 settlements in Ukraine in the first two weeks of March as part of advances along the front line in eastern and southern Ukraine, Russian state-run news agencies quoted top general Valery Gerasimov as saying on Monday.