Police officers involved in the torture of Ukrainian prisoners of war were killed in an explosion in Moscow, sources within Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) told the Kyiv Independent on Dec. 24.

A Russian general was killed when a bomb detonated under his car in Moscow and investigators said Ukraine​ could be behind the attack.

Ukraine said a resistance agent was able to sneak into a Russian hangar and destroy two Russian fighter jets.

Ukrainian troops from the 92nd Separate Assault Brigade reported detecting a group of Russian soldiers advancing toward their positions on horseback. Video footage released by the brigade shows the mounted troops being identified and struck by Ukrainian drone operators shortly after detection.

The Ukrainian army announced that it had abandoned the eastern town of Siversk late on Tuesday under pressure from Russian forces, which are continuing deadly strikes in the run up to Christmas,

Fall of town comes as Russia, US propose a 'demilitarised', 'free economic zone' in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region.

Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday that several draft documents, including on security guarantees, had been prepared after Ukrainian officials held talks in Miami with US counterparts on ending Russia's war.

Ukrainian forces say they have hit an oil terminal, a pipeline, two parked jet fighters, and two ships in a series of strikes on Russian soil