President Vladimir Putin thanked the Russian army on Thursday after commanders told him that their forces had taken full control of the town of Siversk in eastern Ukraine, but Ukraine's military said it remained in control there.

A single pipeline buried in rural Russia has ignited one of Central Europe’s most complex energy crises. On December 1, Ukrainian forces struck the Druzhba oil pipeline near Kazinskie Vyselki in Russia’s Tambov Oblast,

By Ben Aris in Berlin Europe has increased its military aid to Ukraine this year, but it has failed to offset the departure of the US and the leading EU allies are still trailing far behind their Nordic neighbours.

More than 20 countries are already members of the Maritime Capabilities Coalition in support of Ukraine. — Ukrinform.

In the early months of the invasion, in 2022, the Russians tried to suffocate Ukraine’s economy by imposing a naval blockade of its ports. About 20 million tons of grain got stuck in the port city of Odesa, causing global food prices to spike and raising fears of famine in parts of Africa and the Middle East that rely on supplies from Ukraine.

On November 28, Ukrainian Sea Baby unmanned surface vessels (USVs) struck two Russian oil tankers, the Kairos and the Virat, in the Black Sea. The tankers are part of Russia’s shadow fleet, a group of ships that Russia uses to evade Western sanctions.

Russia is pushing to take over all of eastern Ukraine's Donbas region, where one resident tells NPR that she feels her "life depends on how our guys at the front hold on."

Military aid to Ukraine plunged in the second half of 2025 as falling European contributions failed to fill the gap amid the halt in U.S. support,

A source in the Security Service of Ukraine told Business Insider that Kyiv has attacked three tankers since late November.