A lull is expected in the fighting in Ukraine today, after French President Emmanuel Macron spoke with Vladimir Putin yesterday. This should give the civilians caught between the warring parties in Mariupol, Kharkov, Kiev and cities north-east of Kiev a chance to flee before the Russian army continues...

Ukraine and the pro-Russian forces in its eastern rebel regions are accusing each other of major escalation over the past day, with mutual allegations of shelling and other violations of the ceasefire agreement. A section of a major gas pipeline was also blown up near the city of Lugansk, which is in...