President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine has unveiled a revised peace plan that he said the U .S. would present to Russia. Here's what it covers.

On December 18, Russian commander-in-chief Valery Gerasimov gave an end-of-year report to foreign military officials, claiming Russia seized 6,300sq km (2,432sq miles) of Ukraine this year, slightly more than the 6,000sq km (2,300sq miles) Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov had claimed a week earlier.

Russia sees slow but steady progress in peace talks with the United States on Ukraine, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday.

On Christmas Eve, in 1814, people were praying for an end to a war between Great Britain and the United States. Their prayers were answered that night in the city of Ghent, Belgium, where John Quincy Adams and his team of American diplomats finalized a treaty with the British, ending The War of 1812.