Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke with Japan's newly appointed Prime Minister, Shigeru Ishiba, following the Russian missile and drone attacks on Ukraine on Christmas. Zelenskyy thanked the Japanese Prime Minister for Japan's continued support for Ukraine,

A large-scale Russian missile and drone attack targeting Ukraine ’s energy system on Christmas Day has been condemned as “inhumane” by president Volodymyr Zelensky. Half a million people were left without heating in Kharkiv in temperatures just a few degrees above freezing, as blackouts were reported in Kyiv and other regions.

Russia launched a devastating wave of missile and drone attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure on Christmas morning, striking key power plants and causing widespread disruptions as Ukrainian citizens sought shelter in metro stations and other safe spaces.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has denounced an "inhumane" attack from Russia, which launched over 170 missiles and drones on his war-torn country's power grid on Christmas Day, killing one and causing widespread blackouts.

In the forests near Kharkiv, Askold Krushelnycky speaks to soldiers spending Christmas fighting a hi-tech battle against Vladimir Putin’s forces

KYIV: Russia attacked Ukraine’s energy system and some cities with cruise and ballistic missiles plus drones on Wednesday in an “inhuman” Christmas Day assault, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

Russia has launched a Christmas Day attack on Ukraine’s energy system and cities in its eastern region. A barrage of cruise and ballistic missiles hit Kharkiv on Wednesday morning, Ukraine’s energy minister and local officials said. Ukrainian air ...

A Ukrainian brigade said it required no infantry to destroy Russian positions in an operation in the Kharkiv region.

The outgoing US president has ordered weapons deliveries for Kyiv to continue on the same day Russia launched a Christmas missile attack on Ukrainian energy infrastructure.

Kharkiv modernist poet and prose writer Oleksii Bezpaltsev, 34, was killed in action. Source: PEN Ukraine, a Ukrainian non-governmental organisation established to protect freedom of speech and authors' rights,

The prime minister described the Christmas Day bombardment of Ukraine as "bloody and brutal". In Kyiv, residents sheltered in metro stations as missiles rained down.