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The report said Russia suffered 1.2 million casualties, including up to 325,000 troop deaths, between February 2022 and December 2025

European officials fear that Washington is attempting to place pressure on Kyiv after trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has said a security agreement with the United States has been finalised following his most recent meeting with Donald Trump. Taken at face value, Zelensky’s repeated assertions that the document is ready to sign looks like major win for Kyiv. The reality is very different.

As Hungary’s elections approach, Orbán has escalated an anti-Ukraine campaign and accused his rival, Péter Magyar, of entering into a pact with Kyiv to overthrow his government and install a pro-Western administration.

As a war correspondent I’ve seen this strategy used before. Putin is weaponising the savage eastern European winter, says war correspondent Janine di Giovanni

The Ukrainian president said that Russia launched over 1,700 drones, 1,380 bombs, and 69 missiles over the past week, leaving hundreds of buildings in the capital without heating.

First round of trilateral meetings shows ‘a lot of progress’ made towards peace, says US official, despite new Russian attacks. What we know on day 1,432

The talks, aimed at ending the war, took place as Russia launched a massive missile and drone attack against Kyiv and other cities.

Major missile and drone attack overnight in Kyiv and Kharkiv leaves at least one dead and 23 injured