Putin ally warns Moscow will launch preventative strikes against the west ‘if necessary’ - Russian air defence units destroyed 122 Ukrainian drones overnight that targeted the capital Moscow, official

President Trump’s dramatic shift to a hardline stance against Russia is not rooted in a newfound love for Ukraine, but in a personal fury at being played for a fool by Vladimir Putin. -According to Washington insiders,

In an interview with DW, the mayor of Ukraine's capital Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, explains what he thinks of US President Donald Trump's recent 50-day ultimatum to Russia. In 50 days more civilians could die,

Russia has responded to President Trump’s new hardline Ukraine policy with a mix of defiance and veiled threats. -While Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the US ultimatum “very serious,” former president Dmitry Medvedev was more belligerent,

Seven people were killed in Russian attacks across multiple regions in Ukraine over the past day, as Vladimir Putin refuses to kowtow to US demands to reach a ceasefire deal to end the three-year war.

A Russian official says American Daniel Martindale has been rewarded with citizenship for spying on Ukraine, "by decree of our President Vladimir Putin."

Experts fear Russia could emply battlefield nuclear weapons in Ukraine after being given 50 days to stop the fighting by the US