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Russia launched a record 90 Shahed-type drones over Ukraine during the early hours of the new year, the Ukrainian air force said Monday.

Shelling in the center of Belgorod killed 14 people, including two children, and injured 108 others Saturday, Moscow said.

Thirty-two Ukrainian drones were shot down over Russia on Saturday, the Kremlin said, a day after a barrage across Ukraine killed 32.

The EU is reportedly preparing to use a Covid-era accounting trick and skirt Hungary’s veto on continuing to send billions to Ukraine. 

Germans should pay a Ukraine tax to continue funding the war against Russia, a top economic advisor to the government has argued.

President Zelensky reportedly told U.S. lawmakers that he is considering raising the military conscription age to over 40 years old.

Germany’s leftist coalition government struck a deal to cut domestic green spending to avoid a budget crisis but refused to cut Ukraine aid.

The father of U.S. citizen journalist Gonzalo Lira has accused the Biden White House of “complicity” in his son’s imprisonment in Ukraine.

Zelensky’s chief of staff urged U.S. lawmakers to approve billions more in aid to Ukraine, warning they may lose the war without more money.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg warned the West should prepare for “bad news” from Ukraine following the failed counteroffensive.

Ukrainian officials blocked former President Petro Poroshenko from leaving the country to meet with Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán over an alleged Kremlin plot.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has written a letter to Brussels threatening to use his veto power to block EU funding for Ukraine.

Volodymyr Zelensky claimed that he has survived multiple Russian assassination attempts on his life and that there are still active plots.

Britain’s Defence Ministry said there were “few immediate prospects” for major change along the Ukrainian front line with Russia.

Volodymyr Zelensky claimed this week that fewer artillery shells are being sent to Ukraine amid the conflict between Israel and Hamas.

Viktor Orbán said Ukraine is “light years away” from joining the EU, signalling Hungary may seek to block the ascension process.

Russia and Ukraine may never sign a peace treaty but rather remain in a state of unresolved conflict, said Ukraine’s top intelligence chief.

Germany will double its military aid to Ukraine despite growing concerns over Kyiv’s ability to continue the fight against Russia.

Russian forces ramped up attacks in eastern Ukraine in an attempt to gain ground near two key front line cities, Ukrainian officials said.

The bombing of the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines was reportedly orchestrated by Roman Chervinsky, a senior Ukrainian military officer.

Russian forces targeted Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, as part of an overnight bombardment felt across the country, local officials said Saturday.

A top aide to the commander of Ukraine’s military was killed after a grenade given to him as a birthday gift exploded in his home.

After hundreds of thousands of lives lost and billions of dollars spent, U.S. officials are reportedly pressuring Ukraine to enter peace talks with Russia.

The Russian military said a Ukrainian missile strike on a shipyard in annexed Crimea had damaged a Russian ship.

Ursula von der Leyen continued to lobby for the cause of Ukraine joining the EU as she met with with President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv.

Ukraine’s newly appointed head of defence industry says he is working to turn the country into a weapons production hub for the West.

An advisor to Ukrainian President Zelensky reportedly said corruption is so rampant that officials are “stealing like there’s no tomorrow”.

Russia accused Ukraine on Saturday of damaging a nuclear waste storage facility in a drone strike on the Kursk nuclear power plant

The Biden administration blocked Ukraine from agreeing to a peace deal with Moscow in March of 2022, former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder said. 

Officials in southern Ukraine said the Russian military used a record number of aerial bombs over the Kherson region in the past 24 hours.

At least two civilians were killed and others wounded across as Russian forces continued to shell frontline areas, Ukrainian officials said.

Six people have been killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine in the past 24 hours, local officials reported Sunday.

A missile strike on a funeral for a dead soldier in Ukraine has killled at least 52 people in a village with a population of just 300.

The fervent push from Brussels to admit Ukraine into the European Union would see €186 billion transferred to Kyiv from other member states.

Ukraine’s controversial transgender spokesperson Sarah Ashton-Cirillo claimed to have been reinstated after being suspended last month.

German Foreign Minister declared the EU will extend its borders into areas of Ukraine that have been occupied by Russia for almost a decade.