Hunter Biden sought US government help for Ukrainian company Burisma

Biden wrote to then US ambassador to Rome on behalf of the energy firm while his father was vice-president

Ukraine forces continuing to advance into Russian territory, says Zelenskiy

Kyiv says it has also launched a major drone attack on four Russian airbases and shot down an enemy jet

Russian authorities scramble to quell Ukraine’s week-long Kursk incursion

Confused messaging from leaders as Kremlin attempts to play down significance of events

Ukraine fight back in women’s fencing to secure first gold of Paris Olympics

Ukraine’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk region continues into second day

Vladimir Putin convenes meeting with top officials as defence ministry acknowledges fighting in ongoing

Moscow says Ukraine has launched cross-border attack into Russia

Russian military claims they repelled deadly incursion by Ukrainian forces on Kursk border region

German man sentenced to death in Belarus pardoned by Lukashenko

Rico Krieger, 30, had been found guilty on terrorism charges in case held behind closed doors

‘I showed we can fight’: fencer Olha Kharlan wins Ukraine’s first medal

Ukraine military intelligence claims involvement in deadly Wagner ambush in Mali

Malian rebels ‘received necessary information’ to kill numerous fighters from the Russian military group last week, GUR says

Ukraine war briefing: Pentagon accounting error creates path for billions more to be sent to Kyiv

Ukraine’s foreign minister calls on Hong Kong to prevent Russia from using region to circumvent sanctions; drone debris lands in Romania. What we know on day 884