The Latest Breaking News on War in Ukraine

Kherson was liberated from the Russians in mid-November

Defence minister suggests attack could happen by February, but other officials indicate it could come in January

Vladimir Putin has warned the West by readying a monster missile capable of carrying a nuclear weapon for combat - as a military expert brazenly called for a direct attack on the UK

The hundreds of Russian drones hovering ominously over the Ukrainian battlefield owe their existence to an elastic, sanctions-evading supply chain that often runs through a shabby office above a Hong Kong marketplace, and sometimes through a yellow stucco home in suburban Florida.

Russian shelling killed two people on Thursday in the centre of the recently liberated city of Kherson in southern Ukraine, Ukrainian officials said.

Vladimir Putin has cancelled his traditional marathon press conference for the first time in 10 years as he secretively plans the next moves in the war that he knows could end his 20-year rule.

The majority of the more than 1 million Ukrainians who fled to Germany after the Russian invasion feel welcome there and around 37% would like to settle permanently or for several years, a government-backed survey said on Thursday.

Many of the problems from the initial draft have been solved.

Russia is digging in for a long war in Ukraine and still wants to conquer the entire country, a senior Ukrainian military official said on Thursday.