The Ukrainian army has destroyed more than 90,000 Russian troops over the past three months, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Jan. 5.

Russia's defence ministry released video footage on Wednesday of what it said was a downed drone at a briefing intended to show Ukraine tried this week to attack a presidential residence and challenge Kyiv's denials that such an attack took place.

Russia’s leader will seek to benefit from Washington’s intervention but will also worry he could be next, experts say.

Russia is stepping up attacks on Germany's key infrastructure as part of a hybrid warfare campaign that Berlin views as possible preparation for a large-scale conflict. — Ukrinform.

Russia’s nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile system has entered active service, Russia’s Ministry of Defense says, as negotiators continue to search for a breakthrough in peace talks to end Moscow’s war in Ukraine.

Russian journalists learned that a government office inadvertently made thousands of sensitive complaints viewable online, including accounts of abuse and coercion in the military.

Ukraine's defence forces struck 128 Russian air defence systems and radar stations using unmanned systems in December 2025. Source: Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine's First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation Details: Fedorov said this was the highest number of Russian air defence and radar systems hit within a single month.

On the morning of January 4 on The second wave of APU drones went to Russia. "In the period from 7.00 Moscow time to 9.00 Moscow time, 42 Ukrainian aircraft—type unmanned aerial vehicles were intercepted and destroyed by air defense systems on duty," the Russian Defense Ministry said.

Russia bombarded Ukraine early Monday, killing two people in the Kyiv region, authorities said on the eve of a diplomatic summit in France.