Millions of Ukrainians have been plunged into periodic darkness and cold as Russian drones and missiles wage a systematic long-range campaign.

A double improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Kyiv on Thursday killed a serviceman and wounded four others, including two police officers, city prosecutors said. Meanwhile, the US is pushing

Russia's capture of Pokrovsk appears to be a matter of 'when' not 'if', and while its fall will not trigger a collapse in Ukraine's defences, it weakens Kyiv at a sensitive juncture in U.S.-led negotiations to end the war.

KYIV, Ukraine, Dec 12, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - A double bomb blast in Kyiv on Thursday killed a serviceman and wounded four others, including two police officers, city prosecutors said.

Day after day, Russian forces wage a psychological war on the residents of the Ukrainian capital, often leaving them without electricity and deprived of sleep.

Ukrainian forces were fending off an unusually large Russian mechanised attack inside the strategic eastern city of Pokrovsk, Kyiv's military said on Wednesday, a battle taking place as the U.S. presses for an agreement to end Russia's war in Ukraine.

Widescale Russian attack on Ukraine kills six, injures dozens, as Kyiv seeks US support for a resolution to the war.

On Dec. 6, Russia launched a sweeping attack on Ukraine, comprising 653 drones and 51 missiles. Ukraine’s Air Force reported intercepting 585 drones and 30 missiles; still, impacts targeting primarily energy infrastructure were recorded in 29 locations.

Russia is pushing to take over all of eastern Ukraine's Donbas region, where one resident tells NPR that she feels her "life depends on how our guys at the front hold on."