Where are Putin’s forces making gains on the frontline as 2025 begins? - Russian forces are advancing in the east, slowly but surely, and they are shrinking Ukraine’s partial hold of the border region

Russia and Ukraine conducted a prisoner swap on Monday, with each side freeing 150 prisoners of war, Russia's Defence Ministry said in a statement. It said that the Russian captives had been released on Belarusian territory and would be transferred to Russia.

“While other countries of the world are celebrating Christmas, Ukrainians are continuing to suffer from endless Russian attacks,” Ukraine’s human rights ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets wrote on Telegram.

The missile has been branded as Ukraine's answer to dwindling Western aid, building self-reliance in defense technologies.

Ukraine gas transit deal expires on Jan. 1 Ukraine has said it will not extend the deal amid the war Russia still exports gas to Europe via Turkey MOSCOW/KYIV, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Russian natural gas exports via Soviet-era pipelines running through Ukraine ...

Marking 25 years in office, Vladimir Putin says he has remade Russia as a sovereign power and will prevail in Ukraine, but economic and strategic setbacks complicate the picture.

Russia’s once-dominant gas supply to Europe via Ukraine, which flowed for decades, is set to end on New Year’s Day with the collapse of a contract between the two warring countries that paid out billions to Moscow in gas revenue and to Kyiv in transit fees.

Russia launched an aerial attack on Ukraine on Tuesday, striking the capital and other regions with multiple missiles and drones. Ukraine’s air force reported a ballistic missile threat at 3:00 a.m. (0100 GMT),

Sanctions introduced after Vladimir Putin launched his war in Ukraine are affecting the price of Russia's traditional new year dish, the Olivier Salad.

A third year of war in Ukraine drags on as the new year and the conflict's February anniversary approach. The war in 2024 saw major shifts on the battlefield and in Western politics.

Keith Kellogg, a retired lieutenant general and national security adviser to former President Donald Trump, presented a plan he co-authored with the former CIA analyst Fred Fleitz that proposed halting the delivery of U.