Fresh Ukrainian troops are being redeployed to the heavily threatened front-line regions of Pokrovsk and Kurakhove, while Ukraine's president said he could agree to a ceasefire if NATO agrees to protect areas under Ukrainian control.

President Volodymyr Zelensky has suggested that the parts of Ukraine under his control could be taken "under the Nato umbrella" to try and stop the "hot phase" of the war.

Ukraine has fired British-supplied Storm Shadow missiles into Russia for the first time. Cease-fire negotiations between Israel and Hezbollah are proceeding. Donald Trump still faces legal trouble in New York.

Russia has carried out a massive aerial attack on Ukraine’s energy system leaving hundreds of thousands without power as winter sets in across the country.