Russian ruler Vladimir Putin said on Thursday, 26 December, answering a question about the prospects for ending the war in Ukraine in 2025, that he was "striving" to end it but was still going to achieve his "goals".

North Korea is suffering “heavy casualties,” White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby told reporters.

Russia is deploying “human waves” of North Korean soldiers, the U.S. said, and one soldier captured by Ukraine died of his injuries. Others died by suicide.

Human wave of North Korea troops ‘sent to death’ amid music speaker bomb plot claim - South Korea, Ukraine and the US previously accused Pyongyang of sending thousands of soldiers to help Russia