By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW, April 2 (Reuters) - Students across Russia are being offered large financial incentives to join drone units fighting in Ukraine as operators and engineers, while companies in Russia's central Ryazan region have been given quotas to sign up workers for the army,

While Volodymyr Zelenskyy has hailed US efforts to bring about peace in Ukraine and said the latest talks have been "positive", a report indicates a furious Donald Trump threatened to cut off the supply of weapons to Kyiv over NATO members' refusal to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Ukrainian president says ceasefire could show diplomacy works, while Russia dismisses statement as ‘PR stunt’. What we know on day 1,499

With the world’s attention shifting to the escalating conflict in the Middle East, Russia is pushing forward with a spring offensive in Ukraine despite months of peace talks that no longer appear to be Washington’s priority.

Russia has unleashed a massive drone and missile barrage on civilian areas of Ukraine and is stepping up ground attacks along the front.

By Yuliia Dysa KYIV, March 30 (Reuters) - Some of Ukraine's allies have sent Kyiv "signals" about the possibility of scaling back its long-range strikes on Russia's oil sector amid a spike in global energy prices,