The Latest Breaking News from Ukraine

Kyiv warns against appeasement of Moscow; Russia insists victory coming, lowers threshold for use of nuclear weapons.

Trump's second administration has offered some clues about how its actions will affect America's military and trade partners.

Ukraine said Tuesday that its forces would never surrender to Russia, 1,000 days after Moscow launched its brutal invasion, while the Kremlin also pledged victory and escalated its nuclear sabre-rattling.

Russia updates nuclear doctrine in response to US-Ukraine tensions, expanding nuclear weapon use threshold.

Vladimir Putin used the anniversary to lower the threshold for Russian use of nuclear weapons.

‘Children have been killed in their beds, in hospitals and playgrounds, leaving families devastated by the loss of young lives or life-altering injuries,’ says UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell

State department spokesman accuses Kremlin of trying to ‘coerce and intimidate both Ukraine and other countries’

In today’s newsletter: Ukraine can now fire US-made long-range missiles into Russian territory – but it may be too little, too late for Volodymyr Zelenskyy

The lifting of US restrictions on the use of ATACMS ballistic missiles by Ukraine may help it repel Russian forces trying to retake Russian territory seized by Ukraine earlier this year. It could also strengthen Ukraine’s hand ahead of US President-elect Donald Trump’s arrival in the White House in January.