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European defence ministers say Trump’s 5% spending goal is unrealistic

US President-elect Donald Trump has called for NATO's 32 member states to spend 5% of their GDP on defence, up from the existing target of 2%.

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Zelenskyy challenges Fico to resolve gas dispute — in Kyiv

The leaders of Ukraine and Slovakia are locked in a spiralling dispute over supplies of Russian gas, and can't even agree on a location to hold further talks.

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Russian team arrives in Krasnodar as Kerch Strait oil spill spreads

The Kerch Strait is an important global shipping route, providing passage from the inland Sea of Azov to the Black Sea and has been a key point of conflict between Russia and Ukraine after Moscow annexed the peninsula in 2014.

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Zelenskyy ready to swap North Korean troops for Ukrainian POWs

The Security Service for Ukraine announced on Saturday that it had captured two soldiers from North Korea in Russia’s Kursk region and they are being questioned in Kyiv.

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Ukrainian forces shoot down 60 Russian drones overnight

The attacks came in the aftermath of a large-scale attack on Donetsk a day earlier.

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Soldiers' arrest 'evidence' of North Korean involvement in Ukraine war

Comments come after Ukrainian forces detained two North Korean soldiers fighting in Russia’s Kursk region who have since reportedly been sent to Kyiv for questioning.

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Ukraine says it captured two North Korean soldiers fighting in Russia

The two captured soldiers were fighting alongside Russian troops in Russia’s Kursk border region, Ukraine's president said on Saturday.

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At least nine wounded as Ukraine and Russia exchange fire overnight

Both countries exchanged drone attacks early on Saturday morning, injuring two in Zaporizhzhia in Ukraine and at least seven in Russia's Tambov region.

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Poland and Ukraine agree to exhume WW2 Volhynia massacre victims

The massacre of around 100,000 Polish civilians by a Ukrainian paramilitary force had long soured diplomatic relations between the otherwise close allies.

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Russian air strike kills many in Zaporizhia

At around 4pm on 8 January, the Russian army carried out two air strikes on Zaporizhia in Ukraine, killing 13 people and injuring 113, including a 13-year-old child.

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Ramstein: Germany pledges tanks, missiles, and air defence for Ukraine

The German Defence Minister has pledged additional military aid to Ukraine at today's meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group in Ramstein.

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Ukraine strikes Russian military fuel depot

The depot supplied a nearby airfield that was reportedly used by aircraft which launch missiles across the border into Ukraine.

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Trump's Ukraine envoy postpones a planned trip to Kyiv

Donald Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, Keith Kellogg, cancelled a planned trip to Kyiv according to Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha.

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Russia claims it captured Kurakhove in Ukraine’s Donetsk region

Once home to 18,000 people, this bombed-out town has been turned into rubble over the past few months. The question now is: will it open the road to Pokrovsk, a major logistics hub for Ukraine in the eastern front?

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More than 30 dolphins dead in Kerch Strait oil spill

Fuel oil spilled out of two tankers nearly three weeks ago in the Kerch Strait, about 250 kilometres from Sevastopol on the southwest of the occupied Crimean Peninsula.

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Crimea officials declare emergency as oil spill reaches Sevastopol

Oil was found on four beaches in the region and was 'promptly eliminated' by local authorities working together with volunteers, the regional governor said.

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Zelenskyy says Trump's unpredictability can end Ukraine war

Trump, who takes office on 20 January, hasn't publicly fleshed out his policy on Ukraine, but his previous comments have put a question mark over whether the United States will continue to be Ukraine’s biggest military backer.

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Ukraine innovates with scouting river drones

These one-metre-long drones can scout, transport goods and even attack enemy ships.

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Slovak PM says end of Russian gas deal will hurt EU rather than Moscow

Slovakia's Kremlin-friendly PM Robert Fico said the termination of the gas transit deal between Kyiv and Moscow would have a "drastic impact" on the EU.

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Moscow to end gas exports to Europe via Kyiv as transit deal expires

Russia begins scaling-down gas supply to Europe via Ukraine as a five-year pre-war deal expires on New Year’s Day.