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.

Ukraine's war-planners smashed Kremlin refineries in a second night of drone attacks, as the British government warns WWIII may come and the entire country may go on a war-footing

Ukraine said its long-range drones had struck a major offshore oil platform in the Caspian Sea, as it seeks to cut off the Russian energy revenues funding its war.

Dispatches from Ukraine. Day 1,388.

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kremlin deals hammer blow to hopes of peace deal with territory demand - ‘If not by negotiation then by military means, this territory will come under the full control of th

The total combat losses of Russian troops from February 24, 2022, to December 11, 2025, in the war against Ukraine amount to approximately 1,185,080 people, including 1,460 people over the past day. — Ukrinform.

Negotiations on finding peace between Russia and Ukraine are inching forward. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

The president said he had exchanged “pretty strong words” with European leaders, while Russia signaled it saw itself as increasingly on the same page as the U.S.