Ukraine-Russia struggle newest: Trump approves Putin-Zelensky meet as anti-drone netting of Ukrainian frontline begins | EUROtoday

Four Ukrainian journalists have been killed by Russian forces final 12 months, in keeping with a report.

The Committee to Protect Journalists launched new figures on Wednesday, discovering a file 129 journalists and media staff have been killed in the midst of their work in 2025.

Russia’s embassy in Washington didn’t reply particularly to the CPJ report, however referred to previous Russian Foreign Ministry statements accusing Kyiv of accountability for the deaths of greater than 60 people working in Russian media since 2014.

Russia has beforehand denied intentionally concentrating on journalists and Ukraine denies concentrating on Russian reporters.

The New York-based organisation discovered Israel was accountable for two-thirds of the deaths final 12 months, killing 86 journalists – claims the IDF “strongly rejects”.

Russia has questioned how president Donald Trump’s Board of Peace would work with the United Nations Security Council, which has served because the fulcrum of collective worldwide peacemaking for the reason that finish of the Second World War.

“The charter of the Board of Peace defines itself as a new international structure designed to replace ‘mechanisms that have too often proved ineffective’,” Russian overseas ministry official Kirill Logvinov informed state information company TASS.

“It is clear that this approach raises questions about how the Board of Peace will coexist with the United Nations and its Security Council, which is the only universally recognised body for maintaining international peace and security,” the Russian ministry said, posing signs of objection to Trump’s peace body.

Trump first proposed the board in September, when he unveiled his plan to end Israel’s war in Gaza. Later, he said its remit would expand to tackle other conflicts globally – efforts traditionally overseen by the United Nations.

The board’s mandate never mentions Gaza, Logvinov, the director of the ministry’s international organisations department, added in an interview.

The US is the only permanent member of the UNSC to have joined the board. The other council members are Russia, China, Britain and France.

At least 20 people have been injured in eastern and southern Ukraine after Russia attacked the country with missiles and drones last night, causing damage to residential buildings, local authorities said on Thursday.

Ballistic and cruise missiles were directed at Kyiv, the Kyiv region and Kharkiv in the east of the country, while drones attacked Zaporizhzhia in the south.

At least 14 people were injured in the Kharkiv region, including a seven-year-old boy, Kharkiv governor Oleh Syniehubov said on Telegram, adding that the city itself had been attacked by two missiles and 17 drones.

Zaporizhzhia governor Ivan Fedorov said that at least seven people were injured in the overnight attack on the city and that Russian drones damaged 19 apartment buildings, while another 500 homes were left without heating due to damage to infrastructure.

Fedorov published photographs of houses with holes in the walls, destroyed private homes and smashed shops.

The Ukraine Air Force is yet to disclose the total number of missiles and drones used in the attack on Ukraine, and the main targets that were struck.

Russia has launched a major overnight attack on Ukraine with missiles and drones, regional officials from Kyiv, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia and Kryvyi Rih confirmed.

The first explosions were reported in Kyiv around 4am local time, reported the Kyiv Independent as Ukrainian air defence said it was engaging incoming targets.

Russia was attacking the Ukrainian capital with both, ballistic missiles and drones, said Kyiv city military administration head Tymur Tkachenko.

He also urged the residents to remain in shelters until the air raid alert was lifted.

Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko also said defences were operating in the city and asked residents to stay in safe locations as the air defences continued to intercept drones.

The men report being tortured for declining to take part in assaults they describe as verging on suicide missions in Ukraine in a new BBC documentary, The Zero Line: Inside Russia’s War.

As the war enters its fifth year, the UK Ministry of Defence estimates that 1.2 million Russian troops have been killed or injured.

Dima, a 34-year-old father and former dishwasher repairman, said he witnessed his comrades executed on the order of a highly decorated commander and saw the bodies of 20 others lying in a pit after being “zeroed”. The term is Russian slang for executing one of your own.

“I see it – just two metres, three metres. Just murders, just click, clack, bang. It’s not a drama, it’s not a movie, it’s real life,” he said.

The next round of trilateral peace talks on end the war in Ukraine should lead to a meeting of the Ukrainian and Russian presidents, Volodymyr Zelensky said after a phone call with US president Donald Trump.

Zelensky said Trump has backed the move.

“We anticipate this assembly to create a chance to maneuver talks to the leaders’ stage. President Trump helps this sequence of steps,” Zelensky wrote on X.

“This is the one option to resolve all of the complicated and delicate points and eventually finish the struggle,” he mentioned.

The telephone name mentioned three-sided talks with Russia and the United States that may happen early subsequent month. US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner additionally took half within the telephone name.

Zelensky mentioned the 2 leaders mentioned each conferences. He thanked the United States for its “active involvement” within the peace course of and for missiles for air defence programs that have been serving to Ukraine endure winter-time assaults.

Russian president Vladimir Putin is confronted with pressure technology difficulty to provide troops within the Ukraine struggle and is now trying to put together for “domestically unpopular” measures to proceed combating.

The Russian authorities is struggling to seek out funds to “continue to pay the large cash incentives that it has used to generate the necessary number of volunteers” to battle, Washington-based suppose tank the Institute for the Study of War mentioned.

It added that Moscow is dealing with “critical” manpower and army financing points, with its casualty charge surpassing its recruitment charge for the primary time in January.

“Putin is having to reassess Russia’s force generation mechanisms to determine how Russia can continue to send the number of troops to the front lines needed to sustain the incessant offensive operations he demands. Putin is clearly considering and preparing for domestically unpopular measures such as rolling involuntary reserve callups,” it mentioned.

According to the group’s calculations, the 5 corporations recorded mixed income of $467bn (£346bn) over the four-year interval. Their earnings spiked sharply within the 12 months following Russia’s invasion as oil and gasoline costs surged by the worldwide vitality disaster triggered by the battle.

That whole is near the $524bn (£388bn) estimated price of rebuilding Ukraine, in keeping with worldwide assessments cited within the evaluation.