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.

Ukraine’s parliament on January 14 appointed Mykhailo Fedorov, 34, a technocrat credited with innovating digital statecraft and managerial efficiency, as the fourth wartime minister of defense, making him the youngest in the nation’s history.

For 45 days straight, Russian troops on the front line in eastern Ukraine were pinned back by machine gun fire.

Russia attacked Ukraine overnight with 242 drones and 36 missiles, the Ukrainian Air Force said Friday morning.

Up to 25,000 Russian soldiers are being killed every month, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said this week.

Ukraine is using drone-based kill zones and attrition tactics to exhaust Russia’s offensive, forcing Moscow to adapt with robots and small-unit assaults.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched a second major drone and missile bombardment of Ukraine in four days, officials said Tuesday, aiming again at the power grid and apparently snubbing U.S.-led peace efforts as the war approaches the four-year mark.

Russia says it used its new Oreshnik hypersonic missile and other weapons in a massive strike on Ukraine​. Ukrainian President Zelenskyy says a drone hit the Qatar embassy.

Vladimir Putin has repeatedly referred to Odesa as a "Russian city" and frequently invoked the notion of "liberating Novorossiya", a historical region of the Russian empire that encompassed parts of modern southern and eastern Ukraine, including Odesa.