Sasha Vakulina

The Russian president, who's wanted for war crimes, said the Kremlin is ready to resume peace talks to end the war in Ukraine.

We'll go beyond that headline with our Ukraine correspondent.

And Hungarian prosecutors have detained former central bank governor Jorgi Matulski, a close ally of the former prime minister Viktor Orban, over suspected... economic fraud.

It comes just as the current Prime Minister, Peter Maillard, steps up efforts to investigate alleged corruption during Viktor Orban's 16 years in power.

Meanwhile, the French President Emmanuel Macron continues his tour of the Gulf this Thursday after a surprise visit to Saudi to secure oil and diesel imports.

Criticised for running away from domestic woes, Macron told reporters he was just doing his job to try and ease tensions over fuel prices, one of the causes of the social unrest.

Let's get more now with our French correspondent, Maya Nelaboum.

Good morning.

And on Friday, Trump announced a controversial deal with Vladimir Putin to ease sanctions on Russian diesel exports, drawing sharp criticism from Kiev and Europe.

In this situation, we need the analysis of our Ukraine correspondent, Sasha Vakulina, who is here with me in the studio right now.

Good morning, Sasha.

Good morning.

Saudi Arabia is vowing a firm response, while the Houthis, suspected to be behind the attack, are warning airlines and passengers to stay away from Saudi airports.

With Riyadh's main airport closed and tensions escalating, the question now is how far this confrontation could spread and whether the U.S. could be drawn directly into it.

For more on this, let's head over to Doha to our correspondent Laila Humayra.

Good morning, Laila.

Foreign affairs and defence ministers are meeting in the Belgian capital today to talk about options.

To learn more, we are joined live now by our defence correspondent Angela Skudjins from the Council Building, where those ministers are trickling in.

Good morning, Angela.

Good to see you.

Ukraine is facing an intensifying wave of Russian aerial attacks, combining large numbers of drones with new, faster jet-powered models as well as missiles.

In Kiev, repeated attacks and air raid alerts are stretching through the day and night, putting growing pressure on Ukraine's air defenses and on millions of civilians trying to continue their daily lives under almost constant threats from the sky.

Our correspondent Sasha Vakulina is in Kiev.

Sasha, you've been speaking both to residents living through these attacks and to the servicemen trying to defend the capital.