30 h. ago Putin's terrifying new nuclear missile 'Oreshnik' found in Ukraine attack debris

A powerful new nuclear-capable missile called Oreshnik was found among the debris in Ukraine after Russia unleashed a massive aerial attack on civilians in Kyiv and Lviv

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39 h. ago Russia fires hypersonic Oreshnik missile at Ukraine in massive attack

Kyiv dismisses as ‘absurd’ Moscow’s attempt to portray missile launch as retaliation for supposed attempted drone strike on Putin residenceEurope live – latest updatesRussia’s military has said it fired its new hypersonic Oreshnik missile at a target in Ukraine during a massive overnight strike.Ukraine confirmed the attack, saying it took place in the west of the country near the European Union border. Moscow said the launch of the intermediate-range ballistic missile was retaliation for a supposed attempted Ukrainian drone attack on Vladimir Putin’s residence late last month – an allegation both Kyiv and Washington have said is false. Continue reading...

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40 h. ago Photos show the aftermath of Russia's latest attack on Ukraine

Russia’s Defense Ministry said Friday its military used the new Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile in its latest strike on Ukraine.

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3 d. ago Russia brands Keir Starmer 'illiterate' and 'a fool' for vowing to station British troops in Ukraine as Putin attack dog threatens UK with missile strikes

A senior Russian official has branded Sir Keir Starmer as 'illiterate' and 'a fool' after he vowed to base British troops in Ukraine as part of a peace deal. 

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4 d. ago Ukraine war briefing: Russian strikes kill two and trigger hospital fire ahead of Paris peace talks

Overnight attacks trigger evacuations ‘under fire’ at Kyiv medical facility while European leaders gather to seek peace plan breakthrough. What we know on day 1,413Russian strikes on Ukraine early on Monday killed two people and forced night-time evacuations into freezing temperatures, a day ahead of Ukrainian allies meeting in France to revive diplomatic efforts to stop the fighting. Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner will attend the Paris meeting of the so-called “coalition of the willing” on Tuesday – being hosted by French president Emmanuel Macron – to discuss security guarantees as part of a peace proposal. Russia’s overnight strikes triggered a fire at a private medical facility in Kyiv, killing one person and wounding three others, authorities said. “Doctors and nurses were forced to evacuate the wounded under fire,” Ukraine’s prime minister, Yulia Svyrydenko, said on X. The attack also killed a man in his 70s in the neighbouring city of Fastiv, ...

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5 d. ago Trump ‘doesn’t believe’ Ukraine targeted Putin residence with drone attack

Trump refutes claims from the Kremlin about a drone attack in Novgorod

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6 d. ago Ukrainian official ‘targeted in car bomb attack’ as one man hospitalised days after three killed in Moscow car explosion

A SUSPECTED car bomb has destroyed a vehicle belonging to a senior Ukrainian officer in Kyiv. At the time of the blast, two people were believed to be in or near the vehicle. One man was hospitalised with shrapnel injuries, though his identity and current condition have not been disclosed. Kyiv’s prosecutor’s office said the...

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6 d. ago Ukraine war briefing: Ukraine will fight on if peace talks fail, Zelenskyy vows

Ukraine’s top allies hold security talks in Kyiv; Russia condemns US attack on Venezuela. What we know on day 1,411The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, says he hopes for a leaders’ summit in the US by the end of January to discuss proposals on how to end the war with Russia. Security advisers from Ukraine’s top allies met in Kyiv on Saturday for talks on a US-brokered plan to end the war, days after Kyiv announced a deal was “90%” ready. Officials from 15 countries including the UK, France and Germany as well as representatives from Nato and the EU joined the meeting. The US special envoy Steve Witkoff also joined virtually, a Ukrainian official said, although the US military attack on Venezuela earlier in the day overshadowed proceedings.Next week, the talks will continue during a European leaders’ meeting in Paris and then with US negotiators. “And after that we will be preparing for a meeting in the United States at the leadership level. We would like all of this to happ...

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9 d. ago Russian ‘proof’ of attack on Putin’s palace with footage of ‘downed Ukrainian drone’ is laughable, says Kyiv

VLADIMIR Putin has been left with egg on his face after a video supposedly showing a drone downed near his private palace has been rejected by the international community. Scattered debris from one of the 91 drones Russia accused Ukraine of firing towards the tyrant's Valdai complex can be seen in footage released by the...

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9 d. ago Russia says Ukrainian drone strike kills 24 in occupied Ukraine as tensions grow amid peace talks

Russian officials say that a Ukrainian attack killed 24 people in a Russian-occupied village in Ukraine’s Kherson region, as tensions between the two nations continue to spike despite diplomats hailing productive peace talks

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9 d. ago Russia accuses Ukraine of killing 24 people in drone strike on a hotel and café

Vladimir Saldo, the Kremlin-installed governor of Kherson, has made currently unverified claims about the attack. Pictured: Ukrainian strikes on Russia's energy infrastructure.

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9 d. ago US intel says Ukraine did not target Putin's home with drones despite claims by Russian leader

Moscow threatened to pull out of peace talks earlier this week after accusing Kyiv of attempting to assassinate the Russian leader.

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1 week ago Russia releases video 'evidence' of Ukrainian drone attack on Putin's residence

The clip, shot during the night, showed a damaged drone lying in the snow in a forested area in north-west Russia this week.

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1 week ago Putin raises stakes in peace talks with boast of Oreshnik missiles in Belarus

Russia says its ally is hosting intermediate-range weapons a day after accusing Ukraine of drone attack on Putin’s house

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1 week ago Ukraine seeks to contain diplomatic fallout over Putin’s attack claim

India, Pakistan and UAE join Trump in condemning what Kyiv says are false allegations of assault on Russian president’s residence

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1 week ago Russia's Medvedev calls for Zelensky to be killed and his body put on public display following disputed claim of Ukrainian attack on Putin's residence

Moscowhas claimed that Ukrainelaunched 91 long-range drones at Putin's state residence on the shores of Lake Valdai, an allegation which has been hotly denied by Kyiv.

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1 week ago Russia refuses to offer proof of 'Ukrainian attack on Putin's residence' because 'every drone was shot down'

It comes after Moscow threatened to pull out of peace talks last night after accusing Kyiv of attempting to assassinate the Russian leader.

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1 week ago Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy says Kyiv cannot win without US support as Putin orders advance in Zaporizhzhia

Ukrainian president calls latest talks with Trump productive; Zelenskyy says attack on Putin’s residence is ‘lies’. What we know on day 1,406Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Ukraine cannot win its war against Russia without US support and accused Moscow of trying to sabotage peace talks after the Kremlin said it had foiled a Ukrainian drone attack on Vladimir Putin’s residence. Zelenskyy described the claim as “typical Russian lies” after his two-hour meeting on Sunday with Donald Trump in Florida, Luke Harding and Sammy Gecsoyler report. The Ukrainian president said Russia was “at it again” and using “dangerous statements” to undermine “diplomatic efforts” with the US to end the conflict. He added: “This alleged ‘residence strike’ story is a complete fabrication intended to justify additional attacks against Ukraine, including Kyiv, as well as Russia’s own refusal to take necessary steps to end the war.”Zelenskyy later said his Sunday meeting with Trump was productive. “Can we win with...

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1 week ago Cracks in Trump’s peace plan as Ukraine accuses Russia of lies over ‘attack on Putin residence’

Russia said it would revise its response to peace talks after claiming Ukraine had attacked Vladimir Putin’s forest retreat – an allegation dismissed by Volodymyr Zelensky as ‘lies’

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1 week ago Zelenskyy accuses Russia of trying to sabotage peace talks with ‘typical Russian lies’

Russia’s claim it foiled drone attack on Putin residence shows ‘they do not want to finish this war’, Ukrainian president saysVolodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Russia of trying to sabotage peace talks and preparing to bomb government buildings after the Kremlin said it had foiled a Ukrainian drone attack on Vladimir Putin’s residence.Zelenskyy described the claim as “typical Russian lies” following his two-hour meeting on Sunday with Donald Trump in Florida. He said Russia was “at it again” and using “dangerous statements” to undermine “diplomatic efforts” with the US to end the conflict. Continue reading...

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