January, President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” in Ukraine will have dragged on longer than the war on the Eastern Front that ended with the fall of Berlin in May 1945.

Vladimir Putin has fueled 'doomsday' fears as he touts unstoppable nuclear torpedo that could 'swallow everything.'

On Tuesday, Russian broadcaster and propagandist Vladimir Solovyov said on his show that Russian President Vladimir Putin "achieved a knockout victory" in the U.S. and Ukraine's recent meeting, claiming that a phone call that took place between President Donald Trump and Putin that "completely destroyed [Ukrainian President Volodymyr] Zelensky’s plans.

Between January and November, more than 2,300 Ukrainian civilians were killed and more than 11,000 were injured, the United Nations said earlier in December. That was 26% higher than in the same period in 2024 and 70% higher than in 2023,

The Kremlin leader kept his speech short, spoke only briefly about the fighting in Ukraine, and did not mention U.S.-mediated talks on ending the war.

With peace talks no closer to completion, Vladimir Putin has ordered new land seizures as Russia attempts to take hold of more Ukrainian territory in the New Year

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov claimed that Kyiv had launched an attack on Sunday night using 91 long-range unmanned aerial vehicles aimed at Putin’s state residence located in the Novgorod region.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his occupation army to expand the so-called buffer zone in Ukraine’s Sumy and Kharkiv regions next year, according to Russian Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov.