If Ukraine falls, it will be hard to spin as anything but a debacle for the United States, and for its president.

The UK Defense Ministry said on Tuesday that Russian losses reached their worst so far on December 19, when 2,200 troops were killed or wounded.

Ukraine struck overnight a Russian oil depot that serves a military airfield in the Russian city of Engels, Ukraine's military said on Wednesday.

The historic first marks a milestone in Washington’s bid to replace Russia as Europe’s top source of natural gas.

The Biden administration is set to announce a massive, final weapons aid package for Ukraine as part of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s visit to Germany this week to meet with representatives of about 50 partner nations who have come to Ukraine’s defense since Russia invaded nearly three years ago.

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President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday he sympathized with the Russian position that Ukraine should not be part of NATO, and he lamented that he will not meet Russian President Vladimir Putin before his inauguration.

Volodymyr Zelensky claimed that his troops were ‘actively destroying Russian military potential’ in the Kursk region of Russia

The reported weapons package for Ukraine, expected Thursday, coincides with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's visit to Germany.

Ukraine launched a fresh operation in Russia's southern Kursk region, Moscow said on Sunday, after Ukrainian officials and military bloggers reported new attacks from Kyiv in a region where Moscow is eager to reassert its grip.

Ukraine has launched a counterattack in the southern Russian border region of Kursk, warning that Russia is “getting what it deserves.”