Russian air defence units downed 25 Moscow-bound Ukrainian drones throughout the day on Wednesday, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said.

Ukraine launches major drone attack on Moscow and rest if Russia as Kyiv's leaders claim they will agree to latest peace proposals - leaving Putin to delay and flip-flip over ending his war

May he perish,’ each of us may think to ourselves,” Zelensky said during his Christmas Eve message in an oblique reference to the Russian tyrant.

Russia has ordered a winter troop surge to break the stalemate in Ukraine, but Ukrainian drone attacks on logistics and resupply channels will undermine this offensive.

The Kremlin used Belarusian territory to launch its February 2022 ‍invasion of Ukraine and Belarus ​remains a steadfast ally, though longstanding President Alexander Lukashenko has vowed to commit ​no troops ⁠to the conflict.

A car bomb killed a Russian general on Monday, the third such killing of a senior military officer in just over a year.

Russia is continuing to systematically recruit foreign nationals to fight in its war against Ukraine, officials from Ukraine's intelligence service said Dec. 26. In December alone, more than 150 foreign nationals from 25 countries were identified as having been recruited into the Russian army,

Russia accused Ukraine of trying to "torpedo" talks to end the war, saying a text presented by Kyiv was "radically different" to one Moscow negotiated.