Russian authorities use various strategies to recruit new troops to replenish its supply of soldiers for its nearly 4-year-old full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Russia has admitted for the first time that a Ukrainian missile sank its prized Black Sea flagship, later deleting the statement and returning to the official narrative that the guided-missile cruiser Moskva went down because of a freak accident.

The first three-way peace talks between Russia, Ukraine and the US have ended in Abu Dhabi with no apparent breakthrough, as fighting rages. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky raised the possibility of a second meeting as early as next week, while an American official said a new round would begin on 1 February.

An Associated Press investigation found that Bangladeshi workers were lured to Russia by the false promise of civilian jobs and thrust onto the battlefield in the Ukraine war.

Ukraine said Russia had launched 375 drones and 21 missiles, which once again targeted energy infrastructure, knocking out power and heat for large parts of Kyiv.

Ukrainian, Russian and U.S. envoys are meeting in the United Arab Emirates, the first known instance that officials from the Trump administration have sat down with both countries as part of Washingto

The meetings between the three countries comes as both Ukraine and Russia say no peace deal can be reached until territorial issues are resolved.

Ukraine and Russia will hold joint peace talks Friday with the United States, the first trilateral meeting since the Kremlin's full-scale invasion nearly four years ago.

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Nato warns Kyiv faces its ‘harshest winter’ as Putin weaponises freezing conditions - Volodymyr Zelensky said a US security agreement for Ukraine was ‘100 per cent ready’ to