Russia is pushing to take over all of eastern Ukraine's Donbas region, where one resident tells NPR that she feels her "life depends on how our guys at the front hold on."

In an interview with Politico released Tuesday, President Trump again pressed Zelensky to accept the U.S. proposal that Ukraine cede territory to Russia, arguing that Moscow retains the "upper hand" in its nearly 4-year-old invasion.

A court found the soldiers guilty of beating Russell Bentley, 64, to death in April 2024, after they mistook him for a U.S. spy.

“His people love it, but he hasn’t read it,” the president claimed regarding the proposal that would have Kyiv accept painful concessions.

The joint anti-missile exercise did not target any third party, China’s Defense Ministry said.

More detailed, recent assessments of Russian sabotage actions in Europe, another official says, are increasingly being considered in the light of a Nato 2023 Joint Threat Assessment — a classified report shared among the alliances’ defence chiefs — that Russia was gearing its military and economy for a possible hot war with Europe by 2029.

Meanwhile, Ukraine continues to strike Russia’s oil refineries and export ports, while Moscow keeps up its bombardment of Ukraine’s gas and power infrastructure. The attacks show no sign of easing while a breakthrough in the US-led peace plan remains elusive.

President Donald Trump has said he is "disappointed" with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who he said had not read the latest plan to end Russia's war

MOSCOW, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Russia's top general, Valery Gerasimov, said on Tuesday that Moscow's forces were advancing along the entire front line in Ukraine and were targeting surrounded Ukrainian troops in the town of Myrnohrad.

A top Ukrainian sea-drone commander says more complex attacks on Russian forces are expected next year as Kyiv’s uncrewed fleet continues to restrict the once-dominant Black Sea navy.

The Kremlin welcomes the starkly worded document, which does not cast Russia as a threat to the US.