Ukraine and Europe must be consulted on any efforts to end Russia’s invasion of its neighbor, top European diplomats said Thursday, as reports circulated about a U.S.-Russian proposal to end the war at a time when corruption allegations have rattled Ukraine’s government.

Nineteen people were killed in a heavy overnight Russian missile and drone attack that struck an apartment building in the western Ukrainian city of Ternopil, Ukrainian officials said on Wednesday.

Kinzhal hypersonic missiles carved through Ukrainian defences, leaving Kyiv’s forces unable to halt the barrage.

London — Britain warned Russia on Wednesday that it was ready to deal with any incursions into its territory after the spy ship Yantar was detected on the edge of U.K. waters north of Scotland.

On Wednesday (November 19), the United Kingdom claimed that Yantar, a Russian ship that has long been accused of secretly mapping out Britain’s undersea cables, had entered British waters, and in its ...