Putin claims Russian troops have surrounded 2 Ukrainian cities but Ukraine says that's not true

Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed Wednesday that Russian troops have surrounded Ukrainian forces in two key eastern cities of Ukraine and offered to negotiate a deal for their surrender. Ukrainian military officials vigorously denied the claim.

Russian Forces Finally Break Through Into Key Eastern Ukrainian Stronghold

After more than a year of bloody assaults, hundreds of Russian troops are now fighting inside the city of Pokrovsk.

Ukrainian forces say small Russian infiltration teams are increasingly appearing out of nowhere and sowing chaos in their lines

Ukrainian soldiers told Business Insider the tactic is becoming increasingly frequent and a growing challenge.

Russia blasts Ukraine’s power grid again, causing outages across the country and killing 6

The strikes, which were the latest in Russia’s almost daily attacks on the Ukrainian power grid as bitter winter temperatures approach, killed at least six people, including a 7-year-old girl, according to authorities. Children between 2 and 16 years of age were among the 18 injured.
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Russian drone strikes in Ukraine are war crimes, UN commission says

A U.N. human rights commission claims Russia’s drone strikes in the nearly four-year conflict have been deliberately coordinated to spread terror.

Ukraine attacks 2 oil depots, destroys military equipment in Russian-occupied Crimea, SBU source confirms

Ukrainian drones targeted oil depots in the city of Simferopol and the village of Hvardiiske in Russian-occupied Crimea overnight on Oct. 29, the Crimean Wind Telegram channel reported.

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy urges US to broaden Russian oil sanctions and seeks long-range missiles

LONDON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday urged the United States to expand sanctions on Russian oil from two companies to the whole sector, and appealed for long-range missiles to hit back at Russia.

Putin envoy says US, Russia close to a ‘diplomatic solution’ — believes war in Ukraine will be over within a year

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special envoy claimed Washington and Moscow were close to a “diplomatic solution” to the war in Ukraine, estimating that the conflict would end
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