The Russian delegation in ongoing peace talks with Ukraine has seen a "qualitative change," Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said in an interview with European Pravda published on Jan. 27.

The number of deaths, injuries and missing is approaching a grim milestone after nearly four years of fighting.

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.

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.

By Iryna Nazarchuk and Anna Pruchnicka ODESA, Ukraine, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Russian drones hammered the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa overnight, officials said on Tuesday, killing three people and wounding 25 as Moscow intensifies its strikes aimed at pushing Kyiv to give up fighting.

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.

Negotiations to end Russia's invasion of Ukraine are showing signs of progress, but major challenges remain, according to a senior Kremlin official

Ukraine's Zelenskyy calls recent US-Russia-Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi "constructive," marking potential breakthrough in diplomatic efforts to end the war.

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.

Ukraine could soon receive a shipment of French-made missiles for its air defenses, along with Mirage 2000-5 fighter jets, said Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov after a conversation with his French counterpart,