The Kremlin said on Monday that Ukraine should withdraw its troops from the part of Donbas that it still controls if it wanted peace, and that if Kyiv did not strike a deal then it would lose yet more territory.

Ukraine's Foreign Intelligence Service has said that Russia is preparing a large-scale provocation with casualties on 7 January, or shortly beforehand, in an attempt to derail US-mediated peace talks.

According to Ukrainian television channel Kanal24, Vladimir Putin’s New Year address appeared in two different versions on the Kremlin’s official website shortly after noon Moscow time. Viewers spotted that the recordings were not identical. In each version, Putin was dressed differently, despite delivering the same annual message.

The Kremlin is in talks with French authorities about French scholar Laurent Vinatier, who is serving a three-year sentence in Russia and reportedly faces new espionage charges.

Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service warns that the Kremlin is preparing a large-scale false flag “terrorist” provocation with mass civilian casualties around Orthodox Christmas, using the alleged Ukrainian “drone attack” on Vladimir Putin’s residence as a pretext to torpedo US‑mediated peace talks and justify new strikes on Ukraine.

President Emmanuel Macron has previously denied that Laurent Vinatier worked for the French state and has described his arrest as part of a misinformation campaign by Moscow.

A U.S. official says a Kremlin envoy will travel to Florida to discuss a U.S.-proposed plan to end the war in Ukraine

Peace talks between Russia and Ukraine reportedly proceed "constructively" in Florida even as deadly missile strike hits Odesa, killing eight people.

Ukraine staged the death of an anti-Kremlin Russian fighter, Denis Kapustin, to prevent his killing ordered by Moscow's special forces, Ukrainian military intelligence announced Thursday. His assassination,

Russian President Vladimir Putin says that Moscow’s troops are advancing across the battlefield in Ukraine, voicing confidence that the Kremlin’s military goals will be achieved

The Kremlin leader kept his speech short, spoke only briefly about the fighting in Ukraine, and did not mention U.S.-mediated talks on ending the war.