NATO was forced to scramble war planes for the second time in three nights after Russia launched horrific overnight strikes on Ukraine - hitting civilians just a few hundred yards from allied territory.

The fresh attacks came amid renewed efforts at meetings in Geneva to secure a US-led peace deal acceptable to both Russia and Ukraine . This is despite Vladimir Putin showing no sign he wants the war to end. Separately, Moscow is orchestrating the supply of hard drugs and migrants from Africa to destabilise the West, a leading NATO general has warned.

Russia staged major new strikes on Ukraine overnight, killing a mother of two children in Kharkiv. She was buried under rubble and among four dead from a massive drone strike that left 17 wounded. The woman, Natalya, was visiting her s

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