A British aid worker has spent Christmas Day under rocket and drone attack on the front line in Ukraine after Vladimir Putin's forces ordered an "evil" attack on civilians. Dad-of-four Pete Masters, 55, from Hereford, is on his 10th aid trip to Ukraine.

Volunteers are grappling with environmental havoc across more than 35 miles of coastline, after at least 3,700 tons of heavy oil spilled into the Kerch Strait.

Russia's economy will be under major strain in 2025, economists told BI. One said stagnation was similar to the USSR at the start of the 1980s.

Two African states are frustrating Moscow's efforts to establish a stronger military presence in the continent following the fall of Assad.

Volunteers helping to clean up a major oil spill along Russia's Black Sea coast appealed in a video released on Monday for President Vladimir Putin to urgently send federal aid, saying that they and local authorities were overwhelmed.

The people of Kyiv spent Christmas morning underground, after Russia launched its latest attack on Ukraine’s energy grid.

President Joe Biden is weighing major new sanctions against Russia’s energy sector in his final weeks in office.

"President Putin said that he wants to meet with me as soon as possible," Trump said during his remarks at Turning Point's AmericaFest convention.

Russia's natural-gas transit deal with Ukraine is set to expire soon, which would cut billions in revenue.

Volodymyr Zelensky has condemned an “inhumane” attack by Russia on Christmas Day, as he accused Vladimir Putin ’s forces of launching a vast attack on Ukraine ’s energy infrastructure. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.

“While other countries of the world are celebrating Christmas, Ukrainians are continuing to suffer from endless Russian attacks,” Ukraine’s human rights ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets wrote on Telegram.