Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump says Putin ‘kept his word’ despite massive attack on eve of peace talks - Zelensky says Russia's massive attack on Kyiv and other cities has impacted his team's prepar

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin broke a cease-fire truce with President Trump after just four days, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday — obliterating Ukrainian power plants as a part of a barbaric campaign to freeze civilians in the harsh winter.

Kyiv, which recently endured severe power shortages, is forecast to enter a brutally cold stretch of winter weather.

President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia yesterday of exploiting a US-backed energy truce to stockpile munitions and using them to attack Ukraine with

U.S. President Donald Trump defended Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying he “kept his word” on a U.S.-brokered pause in attacks, even as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Moscow of violating the truce.

The Trump White House is trying to broker an end to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, approaching its fourth anniversary.

Russia has confirmed that a new round of talks with Ukraine and the US in Abu Dhabi on ending the four-year-war will start Wednesday.