Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree giving the government powers to temporarily take control of “critical infrastructure” across the country, if private owners fail to protect it from escalating Ukrainian attacks.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has decreed that the state can temporarily seize control of critical infrastructure facilities if private owners fail to protect them from Ukrainian drone attacks or rebuild them after the strikes.

Former senior Russian diplomat says U.K. factories making drones for Ukraine "could be attacked - not by Russia, but from unknown sources."

Bradley Townsend left South Yorkshire in April, telling his family he was going to Romania.

Kyiv releases Chinese president’s Independence Day greeting as top envoy urges broader Black Sea security cooperation.

Russia will respond to Kyiv’s attacks with escalated strikes on “sensitive economic ​sectors” in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin said.

Russia is expanding its campaign of hybrid attacks against countries that supply weapons and money to Kyiv and has caught Europe without a plan to respond.

On his first foreign visit since becoming prime minister, Andy Burnham will reaffirm the UK's backing for Kyiv in the wake of escalating Russian attacks.