Mykhailo Fedorov, the country's new defense minister, said his troops are already inflicting 35,000 battlefield kills a month. He wants more.

Russia said Ukrainian drones targeted the Afipsky refinery in the Krasnodar region overnight, in the latest attack on the nation’s energy infrastructure.

Kyiv was among the hardest-hit areas, where 40 facilities were damaged.

This is Kateryna Hodunova reporting from Kyiv on day 1,428 of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Today's top story: Ukrainian law enforcement agencies have detained an officer from a military unit in Sumy Oblast on suspicion of abusing and torturing subordinates,

Kremlin-installed authorities in Russia-occupied parts of southern Ukraine say Ukrainian drone strikes have damaged energy networks.

US President Donald Trump on Thursday unveiled his ‘ Board of Peace ’, a collective of countries from around the world, which was originally proposed to oversee the transition and reconstruction of Gaza, following the end of the two-year war between Israel and Hamas.

This is Tania Myronyshena reporting from Kyiv on day 1,429 of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Today's top story so far: Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) has detained two agents of Russia's military intelligence (GRU) tasked with assessing the aftermath of an Oreshnik ballistic missile strike on civilian infrastructure in Lviv Oblast overnight on Jan.

President Vladimir Putin has said that Russia is ready to donate $1 billion in U.S. dollars from its sovereign assets frozen in the United States to President Donald Trump's Board of Peace and commit an unspecified amount for the restoration of Ukraine.