Ukraine's southern port city of Odesa and the surrounding region suffered major blackouts on Saturday after a large overnight Russian attack on the power grid that left more than a million households without power.

The total combat losses of Russian troops from February 24, 2022, to December 11, 2025, in the war against Ukraine amount to approximately 1,185,080 people, including 1,460 people over the past day. — Ukrinform.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed that the latest wave of attack are a clear indication that Moscow does not intend to end the Russia-Ukraine war.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A senior Kremlin official said Friday that Russian police and National Guard will stay on in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas and oversee the industry-rich region, even if a peace settlement ends Russia’s nearly four-year war in Ukraine.

Poland has detained a Russian archaeologist whom Ukraine accuses of unauthorised excavation and plundering historical artefacts in Crimea, Polish authorities said on Thursday, prompting outrage from Moscow which demanded his immediate release.