As Russia hammers Ukraine with bombs and warns foreigners to flee its capital, analysts think it may reflect a war "shifting in favor of Ukrainian forces."

A new poll from Russia’s independent Levada Center is being widely cited online as evidence that Russians are finally turning against the war in Ukraine and, by extension, against President Vladimir Putin himself.

Major attacks on Kyiv, followed by warnings of more, come as Moscow is stalled on the battlefield and at the negotiating table.

Almost 500,000 Russian soldiers have been killed since it launched its fullscale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, according to the UK's largest spy agency. The numbers were revealed by GCHQ director Anne Keast-Butler in her inaugural public speech as she set out the threats facing the UK and the measures she believes need to be taken to confront them.

MOSCOW, May 27 (Reuters) - Russian troops have taken control of one village in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region and another in the southeastern Zaporizhzhia region, Russia's Defence Ministry said on Wednesday.

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Russia used a powerful hypersonic missile that has nuclear capabilities to carry out a massive attack Sunday in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Until this weekend, the prevailing narrative in the Russia-Ukraine war was that Vladimir Putin was on the back foot.

Russia has issued the United States and other countries with diplomats in Kyiv, urging them to leave Ukraine or face what it called “systematic strikes” on the Ukrainian capital. The warning came just days after the Ukrainian capital faced one of the heaviest attacks since the start of the Russian invasion.

The fighting is bitter, but Ukraine’s commanders believe their drone-led forces have found a formula to thwart Vladimir Putin’s ground offensive. For several months they have knocked troops out of action faster than the Kremlin can replace them.

May 27 () - Air defence units in the port of Sevastopol in Russian-occupied ‌Crimea downed over 20 Ukrainian drones early ‌on Wednesday, with Ukraine also using Storm Shadow missiles, ​the city's governor said on Telegram.

Ukraine's access to billions in much-needed cash is once again hanging in the balance as lawmakers stumble on reforms. Having already missed deadlines on a long list of legislation required by the European Union,