Follow live updates from NBC News as Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at his annual year-end news conference on Ukraine, peace, war and Trump.

Hello, this is Jared Goyette, reporting from Kyiv on day 1,377 of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. While the international focus remains on Trump's peace deal negotiations, our focus in this blog is on updates from the front: Our top story so far ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A leading Russian rights group says it has received a notice from YouTube threatening to block access in Russia to one of its video channels featuring news on the war in Ukraine. OVD-Info, an independent protest monitoring network, said ...

• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has emphasized the importance of “unity” after arriving in London for a meeting with European leaders at Downing Street in a show of solidarity. He is expected in Brussels and Rome later today. • The summit ...

Hello, this is Yuliia Taradiuk reporting from a foggy Kyiv on day 1,381 of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Today's top story so far: Ukraine's military intelligence agency, HUR, said its drones hit a Russian Su-24 tactical bomber as past of a ...

Donald Trump’s envoys have given Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a new deadline to respond to its proposed peace plan, unnamed officials told the Financial Times. Zelensky has just days to decide whether to accept the U.S. plan, which would ...

• EU leaders announced a multi-billion dollar funding plan for Ukraine’s economy and military for the next two years — with the package funded by borrowing cash, rather than tapping into frozen Russian assets held in the bloc. The deal, struck early ...