Russia launched a second major drone and missile bombardment of Ukraine in four days, officials said Tuesday, aiming again at the power grid amid freezing temperatures in an apparent snub to U.S.-led peace efforts as Moscow's invasion of its neighbor approaches the four-year mark.

On Monday, the United States accused Russia of a " dangerous and inexplicable escalation " of the fighting, when the Trump administration is trying to advance peace negotiations.

Russia used the Oreshnik hypersonic missile to attack Ukraine, weeks after an alleged assassination attempt targeting Vladimir Putin, marking a new escalation in the Russia-Ukraine war.

Hello, this is Asami Terajima reporting from Kyiv on day 1,419 of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Today's top story: Russian troops are intensifying their offensive on Chasiv Yar, seeking to build up forces and deploying a range of weapons,

Russia claims to have shot down a US-supplied Ukrainian F-16 using its S-300 system, marking rising war tensions.

Conflict-related violence in Ukraine killed 2,514 civilians and injured 12,142 in 2025, a ‍31% rise in the number of ​victims from 2024, the monitor said in a monthly update on civilian harm. The vast majority of the casualties verified ​by the watchdog ⁠occurred in Ukrainian government-controlled territory from attacks launched by Russian armed forces,

Hello, this is Asami Terajima reporting from Kyiv on day 1,419 of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Today's top story: Ukraine's Khartiia Brigade on Jan. 12 said it had recaptured the city council building in Kupiansk,

Russia’s relentless attacks on Ukrainian civilians have come at quite a toll for the smaller Eastern European country. The United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine declared that 2025 was the deadliest year for Ukrainian civilians since the war started in 2022.