Russo-Ukrainian War

In an address, Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke after launching a missile strike on Ukraine, with relations between Russia and the West at a historic low.

The Russian president, following the update of the nuclear doctrine and after warning the West that it would respond in case of escalation, admitted that Russia had struck Ukraine with a medium-range ballistic missile.

During a television interview, France’s Foreign Minister, Jean-Noël Barrot, said he is not among those who believe that US President-elect Donald Trump will abandon Ukraine once he takes office.

Hungary's Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky has authorized the deployment of air defence systems near the country's border with Ukraine, citing concerns over the potential escalation of the ongoing conflict.

Within 72 hours, Ukraine has received approval—formal or informal, though the distinction matters little on the battlefield—from the U.S. and the UK to use advanced weapon systems on Russian territory. Following these “approvals,” Kyiv launched attacks using U.S. ATACMS and British Storm Shadows on Russian targets, particularly in Kursk province.

Greece, Italy and Spain have shuttered their embassies in Kyiv following US warnings of potential Russian retaliation for recent Ukrainian strikes inside Russian territory using US-supplied precision missiles.

Russia on Wednesday accused the U.S. of prolonging the "war in Ukraine" by stepping up weapons deliveries to Kiev ahead of Donald Trump entering the White House.

The war in Ukraine could have ended in 2022 following the Ukrainian counteroffensive in Kharkiv, but Western partners prevented such an outcome, according to Denis Yaroslavsky, commander of an intelligence division in the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).

The West and Russia appear to be “sleepwalking” in the field of Ukraine, where, after 1,000 days of war, the escalation brings the nuclear threat to the forefront as openly as it has not been seen since the end of the Cold War.

Russia's military made its largest territorial gains in more than two years in October, as it pressed farther into Ukraine's eastern Donbas region - but at a heavy cost.