The beleaguered UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrived in Russia on Wednesday to attend the BRICS summit, where he’s expected to meet with Vladimir Putin. The U.S. Justice Department warned Elon Musk that his $1 million sweepstakes to registered voters in swing states may violate federal law.
Read MoreThe Ukrainian military said Russian forces unleashed more waves of assaults on Bakhmut over the past day, but neither side managed to make critical advances RFE/RL reported. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia is doing all it can to destroy Ukraine’s history, culture and people.
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 MorePitched battles continue in the east, where Moscow's offensive has centered on the cities of Bakhmut and Avdiyivka in Donetsk, Ukraine's General Staff reports, as a regional official reported that Russians are leveling a famous theater to the ground in the southern city of Mariupol.
Read MoreA wave of Russian drones attacked Kyiv overnight and into the early hours of Monday morning, triggering air raid sirens twice. In all, Ukraine’s air defence managed to shoot down 30 out of 35 incoming drones.
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 MoreUkrainian repair crews continue to scramble to return power to millions of homes following devastating Russian missile attacks this week on infrastructure facilities, while Kyiv said near-constant Russian bombing was affecting a handful of population centers in the east. In a rare public spat involving Ukrainian leaders, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy criticized the mayor of Kyiv for doing what he said was a poor job setting up emergency shelters to help those without power and heat after Russian attacks.
Read MoreBritish military intelligence said Saturday that Ukraine’s advance on three fronts was likely to have “achieved a degree of tactical surprise; exploiting poor logistics, administration and leadership in the Russian armed forces.” Meanwhile, the Kremlin is offering Russian railway workers enticing bonuses to fight in the war in Ukraine.
Read MoreBlasts at a Russian-operated airfield in Crimea this week have "significantly degraded" its navy's Black Sea fleet. Several expert sources say the strike was performed by Ukrainian special forces
Read MoreGerman Chancellor Olaf Scholz opposes the idea of EU-wide entry ban for Russians. A CNN investigation pretty much absolves Ukraine in the bombing of a prison housing its national heroes
Read MoreNegotiations continue between Russia and Turkey in the release of Ukrainian grain to global markets. Heightened concerns about safety at one of Europe’s largest nuclear power plants
Read MoreRussian troops continued shelling several Ukrainian regions on Monday, killing six people and injuring 31 in Kharkiv. Meanwhile, the death toll from Sunday's Russian rocket attack on a five-storey apartment block in eastern Ukraine rose to 30.
Read MoreThe battle over the Donbas continued with the violence now enveloping the strategic city of Sloviansk. As the war drags on past 130 days, asylum seekers from Ukraine are facing difficult challenges.
Read MoreCompeting claims between Ukraine and Russia over who controls the last major city in Luhansk in Donbas region. Kyiv tries to block a Russian ship carrying Ukrainian grain off coast of Turkey
Read MoreFresh Russian missile strikes on Kyiv today, demonstrating once again that not one inch of Ukraine can be considered safe until the country has the ability to control its skies
Read MoreRussia's blockade of millions of tonnes of Ukrainian grain is a "real war crime", says the EU. Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Zelensky says it’s bid to join the bloc could bring “greater hostile activity” from Russia.
Read MoreAs the newly-appointed French foreign minister visits Kyiv, a journalist from her country’s media corps in Ukraine is found dead - bringing the death toll of journalists since February 2022 to around two dozen. Meanwhile Reuters comes under fire in Ukraine
Read MorePresident Zelensky visits his troops in Kharkiv as an unwritten wartime truce between himself and a former president falls apart
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