The US negotiators Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff travelled to Ukraine for the first time yesterday for talks with Volodymyr Zelenskyy in an attempt to end the war with Russia.

Russia has since said they do not rule out fresh talks with Washington and Kyiv on the Ukraine war, but it has been reported that Kyiv air raid alerts are at a record high as Russia launches round-the-clock strikes…

For more on this, Ciara is joined by Professor of Politics at DCU, Donnacha Ó Beacháin...