Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky told Fox News late on Tuesday that Ukraine would lose the war if Washington, its main military backer, pulled funding. The Ukranian leader said it would be "very dangerous if we lose unity in Europe, and what is most important is unity between Ukraine and the United States".

Vladimir Putin is open to discussing a Ukraine ceasefire deal with Donald Trump but rules out making any major territorial concessions and insists Kyiv abandon ambitions to join NATO, five sources with knowledge of Kremlin thinking told Reuters.

President Vladimir Putin is willing to talk with US President-elect Donald Trump about a cease-fire deal in Ukraine that could roughly freeze the war along current front lines, Reuters reported, citing five unidentified,

Putin has ruled out any significant territorial concessions and demands that Kyiv abandon its NATO membership ambitions.

Ukraine’s ATACMS strike in Russia’s Bryansk region marks an intensification of the war amid uncertainty over Donald Trump’s return to the White House.

By Guy Faulconbridge and Anton Kolodyazhnyy MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday lowered the threshold for a nuclear strike in response to a broader range of conventional attacks,

Russian President Vladimir Putin conducts an exercise of Russia's strategic nuclear deterrence forces to train actions of officials on operating nuclear weapons with practical launches of ballistic and cruise missiles,

The US sees no reason to adjust its nuclear posture in response to Russia’s decision to lower the threshold for using atomic weapons, a National Security Council spokesperson said.