Facing a battlefield stalemate in Ukraine and growing war fatigue among Russians, President Vladimir Putin appears ready to try to change the narrative around the conflict. He looks likely to sharply escalate the Russian aerial attacks on the Ukrainian capital in the hope it will shore up his sagging domestic approval ratings and persuade an increasingly pessimistic audience at home that Moscow is winning the war,

Ukrainie's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has spoken to Sky's Yalda Hakim, revealing the role Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich has played in delivering messages from Ukraine to Vladmir Putin. Watch the exclusive interview below.

Against all the odds, Ukraine is, in fact, winning right now. It would be tragic, and grimly ironic, if this historic opportunity was squandered because the United States has become at best an unreliable ally in Ukraine’s defense, and at worst an obstacle more than a partner.

India, May 14 -- Ukraine's capital endured another devastating night of warfare as Russia launched a large-scale drone and missile assault on Kyiv following the collapse of a brief ceasefire and the attacks killed at least one person and injured more than 31 others,

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