IRPIN, Ukraine, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Nataliia Bilostotska poured her heart and soul into her three-year-old beauty salon in a commuter town just outside Kyiv. But when the temperature inside plunged to almost freezing,

The third round of talks between the US, Ukraine and Russia is set to begin today in Geneva. The stakes are particularly high for Kyiv - which has been under pressure from Washington to agree to a deal - and Donald Trump has again singled them out for pressure.

The authorities say a growing number of citizens are being illegally recruited to fight elsewhere.

Ukraine hits Russian oil terminal and air defence in occupied Crimea as Moscow's drone strikes and power cuts intensify ahead of fresh US-brokered peace talks in Geneva.View on euronews

Anastasia Kucherova, a Russian living in Milan, voiced her opposition to Russia’s war against Ukraine with a highly symbolic, if anonymous, act: Carrying the Ukraine team placard during the opening ceremony of the Milan Cortina Winter Games.

The Geneva talks follow two rounds of US-brokered negotiations held in the United Arab Emirates in January and early February. Russia and Ukraine described both rounds of talks as constructive, but they failed to achieve any breakthrough. Russian presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev, who will hold separate talks with the US on economic issues

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul says Berlin has effectively exhausted its own stocks of air defence missiles for Ukraine and is now relying on newly produced systems financed by European

The retired silversmith hit the headlines in January as he discussed how he collected candles from churches and shops so he could use the wax to make temporary stoves for people in Ukraine. Since then, he said he had had donations from as far away as Belfast and Scotland, with 600kg (110lbs) in total of wax donated to him.