Moscow will give its blessing to a ceasefire only after Ukraine's forces have withdrawn from the front line, Kremlin adviser Yuri Ushakov said in comments published Friday in Russian business daily Kommersant.

Ukraine’s military hit the Afipsky oil refinery in Russia’s Krasnodar region and an oil depot in the Russian Volgograd region, the Ukrainian General Staff said yesterday.

Zelenskyy said Russia used more than 450 drones and 30 missiles in the attack.

Ukraine launched drones against the Russian capital overnight on Dec. 9-10, Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin reported. Russian air defense units have shot down at least 21 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) bound for Moscow,

The European Union is set to lock up Russia’s assets in Europe until Russia ends its war on Ukraine and compensates for the damage.

Warehouses supplying the vast majority of Ukraine's pharmacies have been destroyed over recent months.

Much of Ukraine’s largest Black Sea port was without power, heat and water on Saturday after strikes from Russia, which has shown little appetite for a deal to end the war.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says negotiators are tackling territorial issues in U.S.-led peace talks with Russia.

By Alan Charlish and Pawel Florkiewicz WARSAW, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Poland has detained a Russian archaeologist whom Ukraine accuses of unauthorised excavation and plundering historical artefacts in Crimea,

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A senior Kremlin official said Friday that Russian police and National Guard will stay on in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas and oversee the industry-rich region, even if a peace settlement ends Russia’s nearly four-year war in Ukraine.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed that the latest wave of attack are a clear indication that Moscow does not intend to end the Russia-Ukraine war.