Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky says the group of allies, led by the UK and France, are needed to provide security guarantees.

Ukrainian troops have made further attempts to breach the Russian border in the Kursk and Belgorod regions, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Friday as President Vladimir Putin hosted world leaders at a major military parade in Moscow.

Sir Keir Starmer and other European leaders have paid tribute to Ukraine’s war dead during a trip to Kyiv for further talks on the so-called “coalition of the willing”.