Vadim Kobzev, Igor Sergunin and Alexei Liptser – already in custody – have been jailed from three-and-a-half to five years after being arrested in October 2023, charged with involvement with extremist groups, which is what the Russian state designates opposition groups as.

Russian President Vladimir Putin 's aide Nikolai Patrushev warned in an interview published on Tuesday that Ukraine may "cease to exist" in 2025.

Solovyov proposed a land corridor through NATO countries, likening it to Trump's call to acquire Greenland for U.S. security.

Putin’s forces launch drone attack on Kyiv as Starmer visits to sign ‘100-year deal’ - Sir Keir Starmer discussed deploying soldiers to Ukraine with Volodymyr Zelensky during a surprise visit to Kyiv

British wartime leader Winston Churchill once said he was an optimist, as there was no point being anything else. The year ahead in Ukraine has given rise to wild, perhaps wilful, positivity from Kyiv and – publicly at least – in parts of NATO that the incoming Trump White House can effect meaningful,

Just three days before US President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House, Russia and Iran have finally signed a “comprehensive partnership agreement,” a deal that had been in the works for months.

Throughout 2024, 'several dozen people' were stripped of their positions and detained by Russian authorities and now Russia's elite fear they could be next in the 'purge'.

Russia plans to insist that Ukraine never join NATO and that the country adopt a "neutral stance with a limited army" in potential discussions with the United States, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday.

Information has played a crucial role in the conflict, with both sides using intelligence to anticipate moves and counter threats. In this environment, the United States continues to seek inside knowledge of the Kremlin’s actions.

The pro-Ukraine minority in the House GOP have taken several blows as the majority party reconfigures its committees and chairmanships for the new Congress.