North Korea is providing 50% of Russia's ammunition needs at the front in its war against Ukraine, Kyiv's military spy chief Kyrylo Budanov told a press conference on Sunday. Budanov said Pyongyang had also begun large scale supplies of 170-mm self-propelled howitzers and 240-mm multiple rocket launch systems to Russia.

Ukraine and Russia will reach a ceasefire deal this year, according to a Ukrainian intelligence official. Ukrainian military intelligence head Kyrylo Budanov said on Thursday said he believe a truce will be agreed to by Moscow and Kyiv this year,

Ukraine and Russia are likely to reach a ceasefire in 2025. However, the length and effectiveness of such an agreement remain open questions, Kyrylo Budanov, Chief of Ukraine's Defense Intelligence, says in an interview with the journalist Eynulla Fatullayev.