Ukraine said on Tuesday it had pulled its forces out of a hard-fought eastern town as Russia stepped up air strikes that killed civilians, knocked out power supplies and underlined the lack of progress…

Ukraine said it will continue trying to sever logistics for Russian troops inside the town. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Ukraine pulled out troops from a town in the east after fierce battles, it said on Tuesday, as relentless Russian strikes killed three civilians and cut power to thousands in freezing winter temperatures. Kyiv had to withdraw forces from Siversk, a town in the heavily embattled Donetsk region on the…

KYIV: Large-scale Russian strikes killed at least three people and cut power to thousands in freezing winter temperatures across Ukraine on Tuesday (Dec 23), officials said, as US-led talks to end the nearly four-year war faltered.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the pre-Christmas strikes showed t

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that Moscow is planning further attacks over the holiday period.

Russia fired more than 650 drones and three dozen missiles at Ukraine in a large-scale attack that began during the night and stretched into daylight hours Tuesday, officials said. At least three people were killed, including a 4-year-old child, two days before Christmas.

Ukraine’s air force said Russia fired 38 missiles and 635 drones overnight, of which 34 missiles and 587 drones were intercepted by air defence systems, reports the BBC

Douglas Herbert gives us his analysis.