President Vladimir Putin has hailed what his commanders told him was the full Russian capture of the city of Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine as an important victory after a prolonged campaign, saying it would help Moscow fulfil its wider war aims.

NATO considers 'more aggressive' stance against Russia's hybrid warfare, including pre-emptive cyber operations, as tensions escalate over sabotage.

Russia claimed on Monday to have captured the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, after months of heavy fighting for control of the strategic hub, in what would be a major win for Moscow if true.

As a U.S. envoy heads to Moscow to negotiate over a complex blueprint for peace in Ukraine, Russian Nobel Peace Prize winner Dmitry Muratov says a vital element is missing from the agenda.

US envoy Steve Witkoff is traveling to Moscow to meet with president Vladimir Putin, who claimed a key Ukrainian city had fallen to Russia on the eve of the talks about a potential peace plan to end his war.

President Trump's peace plan became public last month, sparking alarm that it was too favorable to Moscow. It was revised following talks in Geneva between the U.S. and Ukraine a week ago.

Ukrainian president is heading to Ireland on Monday for his first official visit at a key time in peace process

Moving between damp basements and muddy dugouts to fend off constant Russian attacks in the nearly 4-year-old war, exhausted Ukrainian soldiers say their motivation is fortified by knowing they're fighting for higher cause: the defense of their homeland.

Top Russian banker Andrei Kostin said that Moscow would retaliate if the European Union used frozen Russian sovereign assets for a loan to Ukraine, and said Moscow could unleash half a century of litigation over the money.