Russian drone and missile strikes caused blackouts across large swaths of Ukraine, damaged residential buildings and injured at least 20 people in Kyiv, authorities said.

As winter approaches, Russia continues to pummel Ukraine's gas infrastructure. Ukraine will have to work hard to keep homes warm.

Donald Trump has suggested he has already decided on whether to supply Ukraine with long-range Tomahawk missiles, but said he didn't want to escalate the war. Meanwhile, Kim Jong Un has sent Vladimir Putin a birthday card.

Russia has attacked Ukraine’s power grid as part of an ongoing campaign to damage energy infrastructure before winter.

Foreign donors have provided 93.3 billion crowns ($4.5 billion) to a Czech-led initiative to find and deliver large-calibre ammunition to Ukraine, and the Czech Republic has contributed 1.7 billion crowns,

At a meeting in Brussels, Chinese deputies told members of the European Parliament that NATO should not exist and repeated Russian arguments regarding the war in Ukraine, Euractiv reports. The three-hour meeting between the EU-China Parliamentary Delegation and members of the Chinese National People's Congress was the first of its kind in seven

The threat is the latest in an onslaught from Putin-backed propagandists as US President Donald Trump weighs providing Ukraine with potentially game-changing weapons.

Ukrainian forces downed 103 out of the 118 drones, including Shahed-type attack drones and decoys, launched by Russia overnight, the Air Force reported. A missile and 15 drones struck 10 different locations,