Olympics - 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics - 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics Flame Lighting Ceremony - Quirinal Palace, Rome, Italy - December 5, 2025 International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Kirsty Coventry gives a speech during the ceremony REUTERS/Remo Casilli

Russians won’t represent their country at Winter Olympics even if Ukraine war ends, IOC chief says

ROME, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Russian athletes at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics will not be able to represent their country even if a peace deal is reached with Ukraine, International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry said in an Italian…

Russia fires 500 drones at Ukraine in deadly overnight attack, Zelenskyy says

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that Russia launched around 550 munitions into the country overnight in Moscow's latest deadly long-range barrage. Zelenskyy said that at least five people were killed and 10 injured across…

Trump ‘very angry’ with Putin as Russia’s strikes on Ukraine continue despite peace push

President Donald Trump again on Monday expressed frustration with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin as Russian strikes on Ukraine continued despite White House efforts to broker a peace deal between the warring neighbors.

Ukraine suffers heaviest attack as Trump criticises Putin

President Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukraine has been hit by the biggest ever aerial attack from Russia, after 728 drones and 13 cruise or ballistic missiles struck cities around the country in multiple waves. Zelensky condemned the "telling attack",…

Trump says ceasefire negotiations between just Russia and Ukraine to start ‘immediately’

President Donald Trump held a high-stakes phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday as he continued his push for an end to Moscow's 3-year-old invasion of Ukraine after last week's peace talks in Istanbul, Turkey. Trump, in a post…

Trump says Putin will have to make concessions, US won’t make Ukraine guarantees

President Donald Trump said he will not make any security guarantees to Ukraine "beyond very much," as the United States eyes signing a minerals deal with Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Western security guarantees are…

Biden administration announces nearly $1billion aid package for Ukraine

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced the Pentagon will send nearly $1 billion to Ukraine, bringing the total the United States has committed to Ukraine to more than $62 billion since Russia launched its invasion in February 2022. The package…

Ukraine and Russia launch overnight drone attacks amid missile strike tensions

Ukraine's air force said that at least 73 Russian attack drones entered the country's airspace on Saturday into Sunday morning, after a week in which both sides made battlefield history with new advanced weapons systems. Ukraine's air force said it…

Russia increases Ukraine drone attacks by 44% since Trump election

Russia increased the intensity of its long-range drone attacks on Ukrainian cities by around 44% in the week following President-elect Donald Trump's election victory, an ABC News analysis shows. The size and complexity of drone attacks by both…

Soldier tells BBC of front-line ‘hell’

Outnumbered and outgunned, one front-line soldier has given a sobering account of Ukraine's struggle to cling on to its foothold on the east bank of the vast Dnipro River. Several hundred Ukrainian soldiers have made it there as part of a…