Ukraine has agreed with western partners that persistent Russian violations of any future ceasefire agreement would be met by a co-ordinated military response from Europe and the US, according to people briefed on the discussions.

Clinton Nyapara Mogesa is said to have been recruited in Qatar to fight for Russian forces in Ukraine.

FIFA chief Infantino suggested the ban on Russia's participation in global football competitions should be lifted.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that Russia has launched a major attack on Ukraine with around 450 drones and 70 missiles.

The 71 missiles and 450 drones came a day before Ukrainian and Russian negotiators were due to meet for a second round of talks in Abu Dhabi.

Russia attacked Ukraine’s capital Kyiv with ballistic missiles early on Tuesday, local authorities reported, following a week-long pause in strikes on major cities and infrastructure agreed to by Russia and the US as Ukraine grapples with plummeting winter temperatures.

Questions of identity, belonging and historical injustice also resonate deeply with Ukraine’s Crimean Tatars, a Muslim ethnic minority Indigenous to the Crimean Peninsula, many of whom have faced repeated displacement over generations.