Ukraine
Kiev is against Western leaders talking to Moscow about negotiating an end to the conflict
The top official will be asked to reach a peace settlement “in short order,” a source told the network
Russia stepped up its attacks on the Ukrainian capital early on Wednesday with its first combined drone and missile attack since the summer. Officials said one man was wounded by falling debris from a downed drone in a suburb of Kyiv.
The President-elect boasts he will end the Ukraine war “within 24 hours” – but there is rising panic about how he could make that happen.
Zelenskyy touts Trump's commitment to achieving 'peace through strength'
With Russian forces just over the river, Kherson has turned into a hunting ground for drones that appear to be focusing mainly on civilians.
Joe Biden has sent a chilling warning to North Korea as tension continues to mount over the rogue state’s alleged involvement in Russia’s Ukraine plot.
Russia is slicing through Ukrainian defences in parts of the battlefield
Allowing Kiev to use ATACMS for long-range strikes on Russia would achieve little and would risk escalation, an unnamed official has told the outlet
The West is seeking to undermine cooperation between the two countries, a senior diplomat has told the UN
The reality for Ukraine has been laid bare as winter approaches, with the next few months shaping into a make-or-break scenario.
The top priority in Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's "victory plan" is an urgent integration into NATO, a plea he is making to alliance defence ministers on Thursday as they meet for talks in Brussels. An immediate invitation to the alliance seems unlikely, as the US and Germany are strongly opposed.
Without it, the country’s remaining steel industry will be crippled
There are no plans to hold the conference at this time, Kiev has said
Ugledar had been an anchor of the Ukrainian front for over two years