VLADIMIR Putin has ordered a hypersonic missile strike on a Turkish-owned ship in Ukraine in his latest act of petty aggression against Kyiv. Footage shows the vessel ablaze and billowing with

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.

At least three oil tankers have been hit by explosions in what appears to be a stepped up unilateral effort by Ukraine to sink Russia's sanctions-dodging oil sales.

A "historic" move to help Ukraine with frozen Russian assets is a "tall order", Belgium's PM says - but he didn't rule it out. Meanwhile, Ukraine says it has retaken parts of a key frontline area - leaving Russian troops "completely cut off".

The Trump Administration has claimed that it’s nearing a deal to end the war, but, for now, the conflict’s essential impasse still holds: Moscow won’t accept what Kyiv can stomach.

Vladimir Putin’s alleged secret daughter has apologized for her father’s war in Ukraine, after she was confronted in Paris by a Ukrainian journalist whose brother was killed in a recent Russian airstrike.

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.

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with military leadership regarding the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, according to Russian media. Putin stated that Russian forces "continue to carry out war tasks and are advancing confidently across the entire front.