On a frigid January morning in Romania's Black Sea region, the silence broke with the thunder of fighter jets. In northern Tulcea County, residents' phones buzzed with an urgent RO-Alert: seek shelter due to possible falling drone fragments.

Russia's "massive" military losses in Ukraine are unsustainable, NATO Secretary General warns, as conflict set to enter fourth year with no clear end in sight.

The Trump White House is attempting to end Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but disagreements over territorial concessions continue.

The United States is accusing Russia of a “dangerous and inexplicable escalation” of the nearly four-year war in Ukraine at a time when the Trump administration is trying to advance negotiations toward peace.

In the latest episode of Ukraine This Week, the Kyiv Independent’s Anna Belokur reports on Russia’s latest missile and drone attacks on Ukraine, including the use of an Oreshnik ballistic missile near NATO borders.

The three-way talks come hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the settlement in Ukraine with U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoys during marathon overnight talks. The Kremlin insisted that to reach a peace deal, Kyiv must withdraw its troops from the areas in the east that Russia illegally annexed but never fully captured.

As tensions simmered between the United States and Europe over President Donald Trump’s push to acquire Greenland, Russian officials, state-backed media and pro-Kremlin bloggers watched with a mixture of glee,

If 2026 started with a whirlwind of geo-strategic turmoil, the last week has seen, on some fronts at least, a calming of the global political weather.