Israel and Hamas start a four-day truce on Friday morning with the militants to release a first group of 13 Israeli women and child hostages later in the day, the first break in a war that has devastated the besieged Gaza Strip
Read MoreThe heads of several major United Nations bodies on Monday made a united call for a humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza as Israeli strikes intensify nearly one month into the conflict. The death toll is now said to have surpassed 10,000. A deadly Russian strike on Odesa damaged its famed art museum and several apartment buildings
Read MoreRussian forces launched a total of 25 Kalibr and X-101/X-555 cruise missiles overnight on May 9, the Ukrainian Air Force said in its morning update.
Read MoreRussian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu appointed Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov on Wednesday to oversee the military campaign in Ukraine, in the latest shake-up of Moscow's military leadership. The battle for Soledar in eastern Ukraine intensifies
Read MoreRussia staged another attack on Kyiv with Iranian-built drones. All five were shot down. Air defenses also destroyed 10 attack drones targeting Dnipropetrovsk & Zaporizhzhia regions. Almost half-a-million people in the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa and surrounding region remain without power
Read MoreMoscow says three military personnel were killed early on December 26 by debris from a downed Ukrainian drone, which was shot down and fell over a military base in Russia's southwestern Saratov region. Russian forces bombarded scores of towns in Ukraine on Christmas Day as Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was open to negotiations
Read MoreHeavy shelling and artillery fire were reported in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region overnight. Russia will continue targeting Ukraine’s power supply, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said
Read MoreStrikes on Russian targets continue as Ukraine recovers from a fresh wave of Russian missile attacks. The deficit in the energy system remains at the level of 19% of the projected consumption.
Read MoreAt a summit in Bucharest, Nato foreign ministers voiced their support for Georgia, Moldova and Bosnia, amid fears that Russia was trying to destabilise those nations. The EU proposed setting up a special tribunal to investigate and prosecute Russia's "crime of aggression" in Ukraine
Read MoreShelling by Russian forces struck several areas in eastern and southern Ukraine overnight as authorities continued to work to restore power, water, and heating after weeks of Russian strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure and as temperatures plunge with the beginning of winter.
Read MoreVladimir Putin is likely to announce the annexation of occupied regions of Ukraine into Russia within days, the UK's defence ministry says. The Russian president could make the announcement when he addresses the country's parliament on Friday, according to the ministry
Read MorePresident Putin announces military reservists are to be sent to Ukraine as part of a partial mobilisation of Russian forces. In a televised address to the nation, he said this was a necessary step to ensure Russian territorial integrity. He accused the West of "nuclear blackmail" and said a threat to retaliate was "not a bluff.” At the UNGA, one western leader after another blasted Russia. Expect new sanctions and restrictions
Read MoreThe Russian president reportedly agrees to allow international inspectors onto occupied territory at the Zaporizhzhiya nuclear power plant. More explosions in Russian occupied Crimea.
Read MoreRussian leader Vladimir Putin has said UN officials will be granted permission to visit and inspect the Zaporizhzhia nuclear complex. Washington has unveiled a new $775m (£655m) package of defence equipment for Ukraine.
Read MoreThe first of several hundred vessels needed to clear a backlog of Ukrainian agriculture products departed Odesa yesterday bound for Lebanon via Turkey. It was a rare glimmer of hope in a war that has forced the Ukrainian economy into a free fall
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