Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that he was ready to compromise over Ukraine in possible talks with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on ending the war and had no conditions for starting talks with the Ukrainian authorities.

Russia should have launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a year-end news conference Thursday.

Russia launched another air attack on Ukraine, deploying 85 drones, 2 Iskander-M ballistic missiles, and one guided Kh-59/69 air missile, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports. Russia carried out its strikes from various directions: ・The Iskander-M ballistic missiles were launched from the temporarily

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he’ll reinforce his push for security guarantees at a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and several European leaders in Brussels.

Good morning. EU chief diplomat Kaja Kallas has told the Financial Times that western leaders must stop pushing Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy towards peace talks with Russia and instead ensure they are not offering “empty” security guarantees,