The Kremlin has welcomed a meeting with US president-elect Donald Trump just days after he claimed Vladimir Putin wanted to sit down with him.Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said there could be progress on setting up the meeting after Trump is sworn in as US president on 20 January.

Russian troops are intensifying attacks in the Donetsk region, threatening key cities. The goal is not just to capture a single small town but to strategically conserve resources and forces, says military expert Ivan Stupak.

Analysts from the DeepState project reported on the night of 6-7 January that Russian forces had occupied the village of Lozova in the Izium district of Kharkiv Oblast, as well as Ivanivka and Shevchenko settlements in Donetsk Oblast.

The DeepState project analysts updated their map on the night of 7-8 January, reporting on the Russian advance in Donetsk and Kharkiv oblasts and in the areas of the special operation in Russia's Kursk Oblast.

Russia’s Defense Ministry is claiming that its troops in eastern Ukraine have captured the town of Kurakhove after a monthslong battle

Ukraine's air force said on Friday Russia attacked it with 72 drones overnight though it downed 33 of them while 34 others disappeared from radar without reaching their targets.

Russia’s Defense Ministry is claiming that its troops in eastern Ukraine have captured the town of Kurakhove after a monthslong battle.

Russia's defense ministry says its troops have taken control of a logistics support base of Ukrainian forces in the Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine. It asserts that the move will help strengthen its offensive in Donetsk.

Russia's Defense Ministry claimed on Monday that Russian troops in eastern Ukraine have captured the city of Kurakhove after a monthslong battle. Kurakhove is a key stronghold for the Ukrainian army on the eastern front line, and includes an industrial zone, a thermal power plant and a reservoir.

Russian troops in eastern Ukraine have captured the stronghold of Kurakhove after a monthslong battle, Russia's Defense Ministry claimed Monday, adding the wrecked town to the Kremlin's list of conquests during the almost three-year war.

Russia is demanding the United Nations condemn Kyiv following an alleged drone attack that it claims killed a journalist working for a Russian outlet and injured several others.