The long-range missiles provided by the United States and Britain were used to strike inside Russian territory, despite concerns that their use would escalate the conflict. Kyiv’s stockpiles are running out.

Trump-nominated Ukraine-Russia envoy General Keith Kellogg has condemned Russia's large-scale missile strike against Ukraine this Christmas. Source: General Keith Kellogg on X (Twitter), as reported by European Pravda Details: Kellogg said that Christmas ought to be the time of peace,

Today's massive shelling of Ukraine's energy system by Russia serves as a stark response to those advocating for an illusionary "Christmas truce," Andrii Sybiha, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine,

Russia and Ukraine have been locked in an intractable-seeming conflict that has thrown not only the two nations into a state of prolonged chaos but huge swaths of Eastern Europe as well. While ostensibly a war over territorial expansion and ethnic sovereignty,

Both Russia and Ukraine expanded the use of drones in 2024 as a relatively cheap means of warfare that requires an opponent to use a much more expensive air defense system. Moscow and Kyiv acquired 1.

Russian forces targeted Ukraine with attack UAVs on the night of 25-26 December, 20 of which were shot down by Ukrainian air defence units. A further 11 decoy drones disappeared from radar. Source: Ukraine's Air Force Quote: "On the night of 25-26 December 2024 (starting from 19:00 on 25 December),