A dramatic video has appeared showing a Russian BTR-82 8×8 armored personnel carrier firing its main gun wildly, spitting dozens of shells in one fiery burst, apparently due to a technical malfunction after the vehicle was reportedly struck by a Ukrainian drone.

Ukraine is working on a homegrown air defense system to rival the US-made Patriot system, according to the commander in chief of its army.

The future that Zelensky and many of his countrymen have in mind is one in which Russia is defeated. But in rallying the world to the fight, the implication Biden embedded in his own goals was that defending Ukraine against Russia is not the same as defeating Russia. So it is not surprising if that goal remains far from Zelensky’s reach.

Military intelligence detained the officers over an operation that saw Russia make significant gains in May 2024.

But the 18-year-old, who was 16 at the time of the Russian invasion, has since signed a youth contract at Altrincham Football Club and has played with the first team regularly. He said the club had "given him everything". Vlad, who lives in Altrincham, Trafford, recalls how his life was very different not so long ago.

Soldiers and civilians alike say that after so much loss, the new U.S. president must push for a just settlement, not peace at any cost.

Aid volunteers who left Plymouth for Ukraine to deliver tonnes of supplies said it has taken them a week to reach the border because of ice and snow on the roads. Andreas Evangelou and Maksym Litvinov, along with a third driver, left the city last week for a journey across Europe which usually takes them three or four days.

At least three people were killed in the assault on the capital, and at least one died and 11 were wounded in a separate strike in the southern city of Zaporizhzhia.

Russia attacked Ukraine with 131 Shahed-type unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and imitation drones. They also launched four Iskander-M ballistic missiles, according to the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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The Chinese leader clarified that Beijing, jointly with Moscow, intends to "oppose external uncertainty, while being guided by stability"