Follow live here for the latest on the Ukraine war - after Sky's defence editor Deborah Haynes hosted a panel on Ukraine's future at the Munich Security Conference, featuring the British and Ukrainian foreign ministers. Catch up below.
Friday 13 February 2026 22:30, UK
These pictures reaching us from Ukraine today show servicemen from the country's special police unit during a training exercise in the southeastern region of Kharkiv.
The governor of Belgorod says two people have been killed after a Ukrainian missile attack in the city.
Vyacheslav Gladkov says the men were killed at an infrastructure site and three others have been injured.
Gladkov also wrote on Telegram that the attack caused serious damage to energy facilities.
Belgorod has come under frequent attack from Ukrainian forces and is around 40km from Russia's border with Ukraine, as you can see in the map below.
More now on talks between Ukraine and the US as efforts to end the war rumble on.
US secretary of state Marco Rubio will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Munich Security Conference tomorrow, a US official says.
It follows a report in the Financial Times this evening that Rubio skipped talks with European leaders today (see 19.35 post).
Earlier, Donald Trump warned Zelenskyy is "going to have to get moving" if he hopes to reach a peace agreement (see 17.31 post).
Ukraine has begun preparing for peace talks next week with Russia and the US.
The talks in Geneva are scheduled for 17 and 18 February, as the Kremlin revealed earlier today.
Ukrainian chief negotiator Rustem Umerov has since commented on the talks in a post on social media.
Kyiv's delegation has "already begun preparations for this meeting", he said.
Umerov said he will attend along with:
Umerov said the team takes into account military, political and security components of the process, adding:
"We will work on substantive decisions within the framework defined by the head of state. The goal remains unchanged - a sustainable and lasting peace. We are preparing for serious and responsible work."
We've just heard from Downing Street after Sir Keir Starmer's meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron.
The leaders reaffirmed their commitment to keep working together with other partners and to enhance Europe's collective defence and security, a spokesperson said.
"They agreed that Europe needs to step up and do more to share the burden while protecting the enduring strength of the Euro-Atlantic partnership," the spokesperson continued.
"They confirmed their enduring support for Ukraine, especially in the face of Russia’s horrific recent attacks, and the ongoing work to secure a just and lasting peace."
The leaders also spoke about holding further talks in Munich this weekend.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy's initiative, Ukraine Bring Kids Back UA, has announced that five of the thousands of children taken to Russia have been returned.
Three of the children were taken from a children's home in the southern Kherson region in 2022, the initiative said in a social media post. It is not clear from where the other two children were taken from.
The initiative thanked Melania Trump for "her personal attention and consistent humanitarian leadership in helping to advance this process".
In August, the US first lady wrote a letter to the Russian president highlighting the plight of Ukrainian children separated from their families by war.
Her husband later hand-delivered it during his meeting with Putin in Alaska.
The invasion of Ukraine has seen thousands of children being taken out of their country by Russia.
Ukraine estimates that around 20,000 children have been deported to Russia or forcibly transferred within occupied territories, which Russia denies.
Only 1,985 children have been returned so far, according to Bring Kids Back UA.
More from those talks between European leaders in Munich.
The Financial Times reports that US secretary of state Marco Rubio skipped discussions with European leaders.
As we explained in our previous post, Sir Keir Starmer was supposed to be seated next to Marco Rubio, but the US secretary of state hadn't arrived by the time the press left the room.
It comes as fresh concerns are being raised over US support for Ukraine during Russia's war.
Earlier, Donald Trump warned Volodymyr Zelenskyy is "going to have to get moving" if he hopes to reach a peace agreement (see 17.31 post).
We can bring you another update from the Munich Security Conference now - a meeting has taken place between leaders about Ukraine.
Sir Keir Starmer was supposed to be seated next to Marco Rubio, but the US secretary of state hadn't arrived by the time the press left the room.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the main focus "was on the situation in our energy sector and our reconstruction".
"Ukraine will prepare and send partners a list of needs to support our energy infrastructure and military capabilities," he wrote in a post on social media.
"We are counting on their support. Attention was also given to security guarantees for Ukraine and all of Europe."
Also speaking at the Munich Security Conference this evening is French President Emmanuel Macron, who warns the war in Ukraine is an "existential challenge" for Europe.
He focuses generally on Ukraine during the early remarks of his speech and also paints an upbeat picture of a Europe that, he says, often undersells itself and its strengths, and a Russia weakened by its invasion of Ukraine.
Macron says:
"If you take these last four years, Russia, after invading Ukraine, is a weakened country. It has squandered inordinate amounts of money on senseless war and has entered recession. It is isolated economically and completely dependent on China. While the country already had severe demographic problems and it lost hundreds of thousands of young lives to an illusion."
He also points out that, instead of limiting NATO's size, Russia's invasion pushed more countries to join and forced Europe to increase its defence spending.
Here's what else Macron says:
The panel discussion with our security and defence editor Deborah Haynes at the Munich Security Conference has now finished.
We heard from foreign ministers from the UK, Ukraine, France and the Netherlands as well as a Democratic Senator, and the underlying theme was that the US needs to be involved for security guarantees in Ukraine to work.
Here's a reminder of what we heard:
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