"Russians have not reached the outskirts of the town," said Viktor Trehubov, a spokesperson for Ukraine's Khortytsia grouping of forces.

Russian forces are advancing in the east, slowly but surely, and they are shrinking Ukraine’s partial hold of the border region of Kursk

A transnational pipeline was shut down on Wednesday after Kyiv refused to renew a prewar agreement that allowed for the transit of Russian gas through its territory.

With soaring inflation and the ruble dropping to one of its lowest levels against the dollar since President Vladimir Putin launched his war in Ukraine, this year Russians will have to pay more for the dish, which is traditionally served alongside caviar and tangerines, before the New Year is toasted in.

After news of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Kristina Hook’s thoughts immediately went to her many friends and colleagues gained from her years of fieldwork in Ukraine. “I will never forget the sleepless first night of Russia’s full-scale invasion.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said late on Tuesday that no one would give peace to his country as a gift, but he believed the United States would stand alongside Kyiv as it fights to stop Russia's 34-month invasion.

At least six people were injured in Kyiv as Russia launched a drone strike on the capital in the early hours of Wednesday, city officials said.

Russia and Ukraine have exchanged prisoners of war in the latest such swap that released hundreds of captives and was brokered with the help of the United Arab Emirates.

February 2025 will see the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Is Donald Trump about to end it?

Russia’s share of the EU pipeline natural gas market dropped sharply to about 8% in 2023, according to data from the EU Commission. The Ukrainian transit route served EU members Austria and Slovakia, which long got the bulk of their natural gas from Russia but have recently scrambled to diversify supplies.

Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the two countries have engaged in multiple prisoner exchanges.