Ankur Desai

He says he wants any plan to end the war with Russia to be signed by Ukraine, Russia, Europe and the United States.

And he said it should be put to a referendum in Ukraine.

Well, our correspondent in Kiev is Abdul Jalil Abdul Rasulov, and he told me more about President Zelensky's comments.

Abdul Jalil Abdul Rasulov reporting from Kiev.

It's a show of strength on a massive scale.

That was footage from Chinese state television showing missiles being fired and military aircraft taking off as the government simulates a blockade of Taiwan.

You can hear the announcement of the drill's codename Justice Mission 2025.

Shiyi from the Chinese People's Liberation Army said they were sending a stern warning to separatist forces.

Put simply, China says it owns the island.

The Taiwanese government disagrees.

The war games have come after the largest ever US arms sales to Taiwan.

In a press conference, Taiwan's defence ministry described the war games as unacceptable, saying it had detected 89 Chinese military aircraft and 28 vessels near the island.

I spoke to our China correspondent Stephen McDonald for more details.

So what we have are these huge war games going on.

And in the same way that they have in years gone by, it's all around Taiwan.

So we've got these five zones.

We know there's five zones because maps have been released.

And what they're doing is practicing blockading Taiwan.

So I guess it's a practice of a precursor to an attack.

But then also, at some point, it would enable an invasion of Taiwan.