Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed Trump’s return as president, saying Ukraine looks forward to working with him. Russia’s casualties mounted to a record high of 434,000 in 2024, with 150,000 deaths, Ukraine’s commander in chief of the armed forces said. The toll is higher than the previous two years combined, he said.

A new textbook designed for students aged 15 and older frames Russia's war in Ukraine as a continuation of the Soviet fight against Nazi Germany.

A new school textbook in Russia is teaching children that Moscow was “forced” to invade Ukraine as it likens the conflict to the Soviet Union’s battle against Nazi Germany in World War II. The three-volume “Military History of Russia” was presented in Moscow on Monday,