Russia said on Thursday that any troops sent to Ukraine by Western governments would be "legitimate combat targets", after France and Britain announced plans to deploy a multinational force there in the event of a ceasefire.

Zelenskyy stressed that up to 1,000 Russian troops are being killed per day and that only a united global effort can stop the war.

Russian troops attacked Odesa overnight, damaging residential buildings, a lyceum, and a kindergarten, and there are reports of casualties, according to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine. "Fires broke out in an unused new building,

NATO allies in the Coalition of the Willing are planning security guarantees for Ukraine once Russia's war is over.

Overnight drone strikes hit energy facilities in central regions in Ukraine, leaving more than one million people without heating or running water during freezing temperatures.

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Russia warns that any Western troops in Ukraine will be considered legitimate targets, escalating tensions in the region.

The United Kingdom and France have agreed to deploy forces in Ukraine if it strikes a peace deal with Russia, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said, in a renewed push by Western leaders to guarantee Kyiv’s post-war security and deter Moscow from further aggression.