Fifty nations participated in the 27th Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting, chaired by the UK and Germany, at Nato's headquarters in Brussels today. European countries announced a further $24bn in military aid would be allocated to Ukraine.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Russia of actively recruiting fighters in China, which Moscow and Beijing deny. Ukraine's leader earlier claimed 155 Chinese citizens were fighting for the Russian military.

Germany and Britain on Friday sent a message to Russia that Ukraine will be able to keep up its fight thanks to Western support, even as the US pushed ahead with talks with Moscow. The European powers for the first time co-led a meeting of the Ramstein group of some 50 countries that give military support to Ukraine after Washington gave up the