Ukrainian forces destroyed around 6,000 FPV (first-person-view) drones and their components in a major overnight strike on Russian military targets overnight on Feb. 9, the General Staff said. Ukraine routinely strikes Russian military facilities, as well as oil infrastructure that helps Russia finance its war and supply the Russian army with weapons, fuel, and equipment. … Read more
As Ukrainians face the coldest winter in a decade, trilateral talks take place in Abu Dhabi. Russia is exploiting Ukraine’s coldest winter yet since it escalated the war four years ago. As negotiations between Ukraine, Russia and the United States continue to stall, will this winter freeze become Ukraine’s breaking point? In this episode: Oleksiy … Read more
A Russian drone strike on a passenger train in north-eastern Ukraine has killed five people, prosecutors said, an attack denounced as terrorism by president Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Prosecutors said fragments of five bodies had been found at the scene of the strike on the train, which occurred on Tuesday near a village in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region. … Read more
The contradiction points to a deliberate strategy: exploiting the crisis to weaken Western unity while keeping Trump focused elsewhere. In the weeks since Trump captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and threatened to intervene in Iran, Russia appears to have set aside its other geopolitical ambitions, including in the Arctic, to keep Washington in its corner … Read more
The UK and France pledged boots on the ground once a peace deal is reached. On Tuesday, Ukraine got yet another push from its Western allies. A meeting of the “coalition of the willing” in Paris pledged full support for Kyiv in any future peace settlement to the ongoing war with Russia. The gathering stressed … Read more
Published on 27/12/2025 – 10:53 GMT+1 •Updated 10:54 During the night, Russian forces launched a massive attack on Ukraine, causing anti-aircraft alerts over its territory. In response, the Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces scrambled Polish fighter jets and put air defence and radar systems on alert, stating that the measures were preventive in … Read more
In the quiet village of Kozubivka in Ukraine’s Poltava region, Nelia and her husband Oleksandr open their home to people displaced from Kharkiv, where bombing and shelling have forced thousands to flee. But rebuilding a life in rural Ukraine is not easy. City people must learn to navigate unfamiliar routines on the farm, endure physical … Read more
Diplomatic efforts intensify with Trump impatient for a deal. European leaders have sent new peace proposals for the war in Ukraine to US President Donald Trump. Loss of territory to Russia and use of frozen Russian assets in Ukraine remain areas of disagreement. But could the war be nearing an end? Presenter: Folly Bah Thibault … Read more
That includes a European proposal on potential territorial arrangements that was sent to Washington only late Wednesday. “It mainly concerns the question of what territorial concessions Ukraine is prepared to make,” Merz said. The invitation follows a tense call on Wednesday between Merz, France’s Emmanuel Macron, Britain’s Keir Starmer and U.S. President Donald Trump, in … Read more
Russian Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov said Russian forces have also captured the city of Vovchansk in Kharkiv. Published On 2 Dec 20252 Dec 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Russian forces say they have captured the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, a key logistics hub that has been under siege … Read more