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Vladimir Putin has declared a 36-hour truce but it was initially unclear whether it was holding

Russia said Ukraine shelled Russian military positions on Friday during a 36-hour ceasefire unilaterally declared by President Vladimir Putin, which Kyiv and its allies have dismissed as a sham.

An uneasy calm in Kyiv on Friday was broken by air-raid sirens that also blared across the rest of Ukraine despite a Russian ceasefire declaration for the Orthodox Christmas, a truce scorned by Ukrainian officials as a ploy. No explosions were heard in the capital, however. And reports of sporadic…

Ukraine says Belarus could be used as a staging post by Moscow for an offensive from the north, opening up a new front.

Ukrainians are confident they will win the war, but fears of a renewed Russian offensive in 2023 are growing.

The United States said reports of continued shelling in eastern Ukraine on Friday showed that a ceasefire announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin to coincide with Orthodox Christmas was merely a "cynical" ploy to gain time. Earlier, Washington announced a new military assistance package for Ukraine worth an estimated 3…

A unilateral Russian ceasefire ordered by President Vladimir Putin has come into force along the entire front as of noon Moscow time (0900 GMT), Russian state television said.

US administration described Iran as "one of the most complex challenges," stressing that military cooperation between Tehran and Moscow had become a significant obstacle to a possible return to the 2015 nuclear deal. Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley is currently focusing heavily on supporting the rights of the Iranian…