According to officials in Kyiv, Ukrainian long-range drones struck an oil depot north of Moscow, as well as an oil refinery and an oil terminal in Russia's southern Krasnodar region. Follow DW for more.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in his New Year address to the nation, said late on Wednesday that Kyiv wanted the war to end, but not at any cost, adding he would not sign a "weak" peace agreement that would only prolong the war.

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.

European leaders gather in Brussels to decide on using frozen Russian assets to finance Ukraine for the next two years.

PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump on Sunday insisted Ukraine and Russia are “closer than ever before” to a peace deal as he hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at his Florida resort, but he acknowledged that negotiations could still break down and leave the war dragging on for years.

MOSCOW, Dec 31 () - Russia's top general has told troops to keep carving out buffer zones in Ukraine's ​Sumy and Kharkiv regions in order to protect civilians in ‌Russia's neighbouring Kursk and Belgorod regions from Ukrainian attacks.

The virtual meeting included European leaders as well as Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, heads of European institutions and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, according to Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

Six people including three children were injured following Russian strikes on the Ukrainian port city of Odesa, officials said.