Ukraine and Vladimir Putin’s forces have exchanged heavy drone attacks, as four people were killed and dozens more injured in a missile strike on Dnipro.Kyiv’s military said it had shot down shot down 32 of 78 Iranian-made Shahed and dummy drones fired overnight by Russia at Kyiv,

Vladimir Putin has signed off increasing Russia's military spending by 25% - to 32.5% of the total budget - the equivalent of £99.5bn. Meanwhile, the new EU Council president Antonio Costa and high representative for foreign affairs Kaja Kallas are visiting Ukraine on their first day.