Russia-Ukraine war latest: Russia to test 10,000km-range ballistic missile to intimidate Nato, Kyiv warns

Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky and US vice chairman JD Vance had been seen shaking fingers on the inauguration of recent Pope Leo XIV on Sunday.

It was the primary assembly of the pair following the notorious White Home conflict earlier this 12 months, which noticed President Zelensky leaving after a shouting match with Donald Trump and Mr Vance.

The pair smiled as they shook fingers within the temporary trade. Mr Zelensky later met with Mr Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the sidelines of the mass, a supply within the Ukrainian delegation instructed Reuters.

Our correspondent Rebecca Thomas has the total report:

Volodymyr Zelensky mentioned he had a “good” assembly with US secretary of state Marco Rubio and vice chairman JD Vance, of their first encounter because the notorious Oval Workplace conflict earlier this 12 months.

The Ukrainian president launched footage of Kyiv and Washington officers sitting exterior at a spherical desk and smiling. Ukrainian media mentioned the assembly lasted 40 minutes.

“I reaffirmed that Ukraine is able to be engaged in actual diplomacy and underscored the significance of a full and unconditional ceasefire as quickly as attainable,” Mr Zelensky mentioned.

Ukraine’s army intelligence company mentioned yesterday that Russia deliberate to conduct a “coaching and fight” launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile to intimidate Ukraine and the West.

The in a single day launch was ordered to be applied from Russia’s Sverdlovsk area, the GUR company mentioned, including the missile’s flight vary was greater than 10,000km (6,200 miles).

“As a way to demonstratively strain and intimidate Ukraine, and likewise EU and Nato member states, the aggressor state of Russia intends to make a ‘coaching and fight’ launch of the RS-24 intercontinental ballistic missile from the Yars complicated,” GUR mentioned within the assertion.

There was no quick remark from Russia on the Ukrainian army intelligence assertion. Russia doesn’t reply questions on its plans to check launch nuclear missiles, the main points of which it classifies as a army secret, though it points statements after such launches.

Sir Keir Starmer has held a telephone name with Donald Trump and different European leaders forward of the US president’s name with Vladimir Putin tomorrow about Russia’s struggle in Ukraine.

Downing Road mentioned Sir Keir and Mr Trump – together with France’s Emmanuel Macron, Italy’s Giorgia Meloni and Germany’s Friedrich Merz – mentioned “the scenario in Ukraine, and the catastrophic value of the struggle to either side”.

A No 10 spokesperson mentioned: “Looking forward to President Trump’s name with President Putin tomorrow, the leaders mentioned the necessity for an unconditional ceasefire and for President Putin to take peace talks severely.

“Additionally they mentioned using sanctions if Russia failed to have interaction severely in a ceasefire and peace talks. The leaders regarded ahead to talking once more quickly.”

Mr Trump had initially introduced that he would converse to Mr Putin on Monday and comply with that dialogue up with calls to Volodymyr Zelensky and Nato allies, however Western leaders mentioned on Sunday they had been pushing to talk to the US president previous to his name to Moscow.