Elsewhere, the president of Finland warned that a ceasefire in Ukraine is unlikely before the spring and urged European allies to keep up support.

A Ukrainian commander says the Russian army has overrun three settlements in Ukraine's southern Zaporizhzhia region.

A HUGE CORRUPTION scandal is turning into Ukraine’s biggest crisis since Russian tanks bore down on Kyiv in early 2022. President Volodymyr Zelensky is said by sources in government to have been “floored” by the scale of the charges made against members of his closest circle.

Putin has not indicated a willingness to negotiate an end to the war that doesn't include giving Russia gains it has not acquired militarily.

Suspected Russian drone strikes Turkish tanker in Ukraine’s Odesa, where US natural gas will go. (OBSERVATOR ANTENA 1 via The Associated Press)

Moscow’s attacks on gas supplies, the main source of warmth for most Ukrainian households, could plunge millions into the cold.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine is working to resume prisoner exchanges with Russia that could bring home 1,200 Ukrainian prisoners, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday, a day after his national security chief announced progress in negotiations.

Russia said on Sunday that its forces had moved forward sharply in Ukraine's south-eastern Zaporizhzhia region, taking two settlements as part of a major push aimed at taking control of the entire Zaporizhzhia region.