Russia launched 229 attacks on Ukraine’s state oil and gas giant Naftogaz last year – more than during the previous three years combined, the company said in a press statement on Feb. 17. The most difficult period was October,

U.S., Russian and Ukrainian negotiators are back around a table for a second round of technical talks, but in Kyiv, Russian bombs bring suffering and skepticism.

Explosions continued throughout the night and Ukraine's Air Force warned of a ballistic missile attack on the capital. Air raid sirens sounded in several regions of Ukraine on Tuesday morning after Russia launched missiles toward Chernihiv, Kyiv and Zhytomyr oblasts.

A senior European intelligence chief says Russia cannot launch an attack on NATO this year or next but is planning to increase its forces significantly along the alliance’s eastern flank, depending on the outcome of the war in Ukraine.

Ukraine imposed a package of sanctions against Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Wednesday, vowing to "increase countermeasures" against Minsk for its wartime assistance to Russia.

Russia is stepping up covert attacks across Europe — rail sabotage, drones, cyberstrikes — testing NATO. Polish officials warn "disposable agents" are sowing fear and weakening support for Ukraine.

Ukrainian troops say Russian forces are suffering setbacks without access to Elon Musk's system.

The United States and Russia on Tuesday kicked off high-level talks marking President Donald Trump's reversal of American policy on Moscow.