UKRAINE delivered a brutal double blow to Vladimir Putin on Christmas Day, reports say. Kyiv is said to have smashed a key Russian oil refinery with British-supplied Storm Shadow missiles as

VLADIMIR Putin rattled Britain at Christmas by sending hulking Tu-95MS strategic nuclear bombers on a menacing long-range flight over the Norwegian Sea. Nato was forced to scramble warplanes to

Russian President Vladimir Putin has wished U.S. President Donald Trump a Merry Christmas and sent him a congratulatory message, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday. Putin is not expected to speak with Trump on Thursday,

The staggering setback for the Kremlin occurred as fighting continued between both sides for nearly the fourth straight year and a US-brokered peace plan remained stalled.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has been briefed on U.S. proposals for a potential peace deal in Ukraine, the Kremlin confirmed, as Moscow prepares to formulate its official response. The development comes amid heightened military tensions following one of the deadliest pre-Christmas attacks of the war,

Putin's 'hundreds of millions of pounds a-day' war machine eats up Moscow's war budget almost as fast as he sacrifices 1,000 troops a-day - but Ukraine faces bitter winter

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday warned that Russia may be plotting a massive strike on Kyiv for Christmas, as hopes for a holiday miracle cease-fire deal appear far-off with the latest deadly attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure knocking out power,

Follow live updates from NBC News as Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at his annual year-end news conference on Ukraine, peace, war and Trump.