Andriy Yermak, a former chief of staff to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, dismissed corruption allegations as "unfounded" following a court hearing.

MOSCOW: The Kremlin said on Tuesday (May 12) there was no concrete plan to end the Ukraine war, days after Russian leader Vladimir Putin had suggested Europe's worst conflict since WWII could be winding down.Moscow and Kyiv

The Russian leader had said, without elaborating, that he believed the war was "heading to an end".

Russia and Ukraine on Saturday accused the other of violating a a three-day US-brokered ceasefire, which coincides with Russia's World War II victory celebrations. Russian President Vladimir Putin, however,…