Ukraine said its long-range drones had struck a major offshore oil platform in the Caspian Sea, as it seeks to cut off the Russian energy revenues funding its war.

Trump urges an immediate end to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, warning rising casualties and stalled negotiations could spark a global crisis.

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte issued a stark warning to Western allies about the reality of the threat posed by Russia, as negotiations are making slow progress to end the war in Ukraine and the U.S. pressures Kyiv to make painful compromises with the Kremlin, including on territorial concessions.

President Trump issued a grave warning about the Russia-Ukraine war, fearing it could escalate into a third world war. He expressed deep frustration w

Cyprus joined the EU in 2004 as a war-divided island and could offer Ukraine a blueprint for accession. The island will take over the EU’s rotating presidency from Denmark on Jan. 1 and has promised to continue work on Ukraine’s bid.

The issue is that “nobody believes” giving Russia Ukrainian territory is a “true alternative” to create lasting peace, Bosak says.

In the early months of the invasion, in 2022, the Russians tried to suffocate Ukraine’s economy by imposing a naval blockade of its ports. About 20 million tons of grain got stuck in the port city of Odesa, causing global food prices to spike and raising fears of famine in parts of Africa and the Middle East that rely on supplies from Ukraine.

Konstantin Ektov, a former plumber who worked as a military policeman using barbaric tactics to round up deserters from the Ukraine frontline of Putin's war, was shot dead by a soldier he was hunting