The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

INTERVIEW: The American leader imperilled the future of the alliance with repeated threats to seize Greenland and attacks on European allies. General Richard Shirreff tells Maira Butt that the US president has turned the international order into a ‘dead duck’

Russian forces have started withdrawing from positions in northeast Syria still controlled by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces

SPECIAL DISPATCH: Askold Krushelnycky was asleep in Odesa when Shahed drones partially destroyed his hotel, illustrating how Russia’s relentless attacks on Ukraine continue during one of the country’s harshest winters

A heavy Russian drone attack on Odesa has injured 23 people, including children and a pregnant woman

Moscow has largely relied on what it describes as voluntary enlistment

Strikes knock out electricity to 80% of Ukraine’s second-largest city and surrounding region and damage 11th-century Kyiv monastery. What we know on day 1,434

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.

Hamish Falconer called for the passage of both people and materials after Israel announced a limited reopening of the crossing.

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

Alexander, his wife and son, who fled danger under Putin, fighting for security – and compensation – after torment of migration journey

Negotiations to end Russia's invasion of Ukraine are showing signs of progress, but major challenges remain, according to a senior Kremlin official