Russia is changing the rules for payments made to soldiers wounded in the war on Ukraine as the costs of the invasion pile up.

Republican Senator Marco Rubio is likely to be the next U.S. secretary of state, according to reports on Nov. 12 that mark the latest insight into how President-elect Donald Trump's White House will approach Russia's war in Ukraine.

Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala has discussed bilateral relations, the situation in the Middle East and the war in Ukraine with US President-elect Donald Trump. Source: ČTK, a Czech news agency, citing Fiala's conversation with journalists on the sidelines of the COP29 climate summit in Baku,

The attack ended a two-month pause in missile strikes on Kyiv, which had only been hit by Russian drones during that period.

Russia attacked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv with a sophisticated combination of missiles and drones for the first time in 73 days on Wednesday, authorities reported, as the Pentagon said most of the North Korean troops sent to help Moscow’s war effort are fighting to drive Ukraine’s army off Russian soil in the Kursk border region.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the Biden administration is determined in its final months to help Ukraine keep fighting.

President Joe Biden intends to bolster U.S. military support to Ukraine in the final months of his administration, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday, after Russia launched a sophisticated missile and drone attack on Kyiv.