In the early months of the invasion, in 2022, the Russians tried to suffocate Ukraine’s economy by imposing a naval blockade of its ports. About 20 million tons of grain got stuck in the port city of Odesa, causing global food prices to spike and raising fears of famine in parts of Africa and the Middle East that rely on supplies from Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed without evidence that Russian forces have taken control of Ukrainian cities Pokrovsk and Vovchansk.

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte issued a stark warning to Western allies about the reality of the threat posed by Russia, as negotiations are making slow progress to end the war in Ukraine and the U.S. pressures Kyiv to make painful compromises with the Kremlin, including on territorial concessions.

At least three oil tankers have been hit by explosions in what appears to be a stepped up unilateral effort by Ukraine to sink Russia's sanctions-dodging oil sales.

The presidents of Ukraine and Russia are expected to be briefed this week on outcomes of Sunday's U.S.-Ukraine talks.

On December 11, Russian forces launched 68 assaults on Ukrainian positions in the area of responsibility of the East Operational Command. Despite Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s claims, Siversk remains under Ukrainian control,

Russia has crossed a chilling threshold in the Ukraine war with reports of a weapon rarely seen in action. A night strike on Odesa is now being described as more than another barrage, but a deliberate signal aimed far beyond the battlefield.

Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and envoy Steve Witkoff will meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Tuesday for high-stakes talks on ending the war in Ukraine.The meeting -- preceded by days of frenzied diplomacy from Florida to Geneva to Abu Dhabi -- comes as Washington said it was "very optimistic" about ending Europe's bloodiest conflict since World War II.

Dressed head to toe in army fatigues, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday received the news he had been awaiting for more than a year: Russia had taken over the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk.

Vladimir Putin’s alleged secret daughter has apologized for her father’s war in Ukraine, after she was confronted in Paris by a Ukrainian journalist whose brother was killed in a recent Russian airstrike.

VLADIMIR Putin has ordered a hypersonic missile strike on a Turkish-owned ship in Ukraine in his latest act of petty aggression against Kyiv. Footage shows the vessel ablaze and billowing with