Europe is no longer in a "pre-war situation" with Russia but "an actual war", the former head of MI6 has told Sky News. Listen to The World podcast while you scroll as our hosts ask: what is the endgame for Putin and Zelenskyy?

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Keith Kellogg, a former national security adviser and retired lieutenant general in the US military, to be special envoy to Ukraine and Russia in his second administration. Kellogg is likely to be at the centre of negotiations to end the ongoing war in Ukraine, should Russia and Ukraine agree to take part.

Moscow has previously pulled mercenaries into its war effort in Ukraine and now appears to be recruiting much further afield.