Russia-Ukraine War

Ukraine’s security service on Tuesday claimed responsibility for killing the head of Russia’s chemical, radiological and biological weapons unit, Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov.

At least three feminist activists have been detained for vandalizing a monument outside the United Nations building in Geneva.

The St. Nicholas’ Reindeers initiative publishes letters online detailing the children’s wishes. Some ask for gifts, such as a bicycle or a pet mouse, alongside more complicated requests for their family members to be released from captivity or to be able to return to their homes.

Trump made his cease-fire proposal after a weekend meeting in Paris with French and Ukrainian leaders, claiming in a social media post that Kyiv “would like to make a deal” to end the more than 1,000-day war.

The weapon systems purchased are often intended to support Ukraine’s future military capabilities, not make an immediate difference on the battlefield.

The U.S. is preparing to send Ukraine an additional $725 million in military assistance, including counter-drone systems and munitions for its High Mobility Artillery Rocket System.

The 11th attack this year on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure comes amid uncertainty about how President-elect Donald Trump might deal with the conflict.

Kellogg is a retired Army lieutenant general who has long been Trump’s top adviser on defense. He served as Mike Pence’s National Security Advisor during the first Trump administration.

This past week has seen the most significant escalation in hostilities Ukraine has witnessed since Russia’s full-scale invasion and marks a new chapter in the nearly three-year war.

U.S. officials said the weapon fired by Moscow at the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro was an experimental intermediate range ballistic missile.

The threat to the Ukrainian capital follows news Tuesday that Ukraine carried out its first strike on Russian territory with U.S.-supplied long-range weapons.

President Vladimir Putin lowered the threshold for Russia’s use of its nuclear weapons, a move that follows President Joe Biden’s decision to let Ukraine strike targets inside Russian territory with American-supplied longer-range missiles, NBC’s Keir Simmons reports.

Moscow’s decision to lower the threshold for a nuclear attack came as the Kremlin responded furiously to the U.S. allowing Ukraine to strike inside Russia with American weapons.

Since the first year of the war, Ukrainian leaders have lobbied Western allies to allow them to use advanced weapons to strike key targets inside Russia. But their effect will depend on how they are used.

The decision allowing Ukraine to use the Army Tactical Missile System, or ATACMs, for attacks farther into Russia comes as thousands of North Korean troops have been sent into a region.

Russia on Sunday launched a massive drone and missile attack on Ukraine, described by officials as the largest over the past months, targeting energy infrastructure and killing civilians.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin in what appeared to be the first conversation with the sitting leader of a major Western power in nearly two years.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the Biden administration is determined in its final months to help Ukraine keep fighting its war with Russia next year.

Bay Area-funded mental health nonprofits have helped thousands of people living through the war in Ukraine, and unfortuntely, the need is not going away.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met face-to-face with Donald Trump on Friday with public tensions rising between the two over Ukraine’s defense against Russia’s invasion.