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Moscow rejects Ukrainian peace proposal, saying Kyiv needs to acknowledge 'realities' and accept annexed regions are 'new subjects' of Russia Volodymyr Zelensky submitted peace terms to Russia to secure their withdrawal The Kremlin rejected the proposals, saying Ukraine needs to accept annexation Dmitry Peskov said the four 'annexed' regions are now 'subjects' of Moscow

Generators are as important as armour in helping Ukraine survive Vladimir Putin’s energy terror this winter, Volodymyr Zelenskiy has told an emergency conference in Paris convened to coordinate infrastructure and humanitarian aid to the country over the next four months. The Ukrainian president said the country needed an additional €800m to survive the winter and €1.5bn to restore the long-term damage to the energy grid.

As the year draws to a close, here is look back at those who departed this year. 2022

In a church in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, Tseng Sheng-guang's mother takes one final look at her son, laid in a casket. She's joined by other relatives and a number of Ukrainians wishing to pay tribute to a man who died thousands of miles from home, fighting for a country he had never visited before. "Sheng-guang my boy, I want you to know that you were very brave," she later says. "You will always be my baby and I'm proud of you."

Belgian investigators searched offices at the European Parliament in Brussels on Monday, in a probe into alleged bribes from World Cup host Qatar. It was the 20th search carried out in Belgium since Friday and the parliament president, Roberta Metsola, warned MEPs that "democracy is under attack". Belgian police have arrested four people, among them European Parliament Vice-President Eva Kaili, a Greek MEP. Qatar has denied any wrongdoing. MEPs will debate the scandal on Tuesday.