A day before Russian, Ukrainian and U.S. teams meet to talk peace, Putin's forces pounded Ukraine's energy infrastructure with dozens of drones and missiles.

A Polish court on Tuesday sentenced a man to prison for declaring his willingness to spy for Russia and pass on information that could have aided a potential assassination plot against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Olha Stefanishyna, Ukraine's Ambassador to the US, has said the embassy passed detailed information to the US Department of State about Russian attacks that took place after a "pause" in strikes on the energy sector was announced.

Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of Russia's Security Council, issued a chilling death threat against President Volodymyr Zelenskyy using a dark literary reference from The Master and Margarita, declaring his fate is sealed,

Ukraine president says he will wait to see if Putin complies with Trump request to halt strikes on energy infrastructure

A week-long pause in strikes on Ukraine amid peace talks came to an abrupt end after Russian forces unleashed a massive drone and missile assault.

The president said he persuaded Russia’s Vladimir Putin to stop striking Ukraine’s energy grid during a frigid period, but missiles fell on Kyiv hours later.

US President Donald Trump was "unsurprised" after Russia resumed intense attacks on Ukraine, ending a cold-weather pause he personally requested from Vladimir Putin, the White House said Tuesday.Trump announced on Thursday that Putin had agreed to pause attacks on Kyiv for a week during a spell of freezing weather,