Russian officials say reports of the missile strike are untrue, suggesting the explosion was caused by Ukrainian ammunition.

Rescuers have recovered the body of a 3-year-old boy from under the rubble of a five-story building destroyed by a russian missile in Kharkiv.The mayor of

Shmyhal, who served most recently as defense minister and formerly as Ukraine’s longest-serving prime minister, is well respected. His proposed replacement in defense is Mykhailo Fedorov, who is widely credited with leading the introduction of drone technology into the army in his role as digital transformation minister.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is hosting high-stakes security talks in Kyiv on January 3 with Western allies, as Russia intensifies its drone strikes.

Rescuers pulled a woman's body out of the rubble of a house destroyed by russians in Kharkiv at night.Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov and the State Emergency

Security advisers from Ukraine's NATO and European allies arrived in Kyiv today for further negotiations on a plan to end the war with Russia, Kyiv said.

Debate has erupted online after several animals were killed in a Russian glide bomb strike on the Feldman Ecopark close to Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city.

Russian Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov said Russian forces were advancing into Ukrainian defences and that President Vladimir Putin ordered expansion of a buffer zone in Ukraine's Sumy and Kharkiv in 2026,