U.S. President-elect Trump, who has vowed to swiftly end the conflict, is returning to the White House at a time of Russian ascendancy. Moscow controls a chunk of Ukraine about the size of the American state of Virginia and is advancing at the fastest pace since the early days of the 2022 invasion.

President-elect Donald Trump could hand Ukraine nuclear weapons to thwart Vladimir Putin's Russia once and for all, an expert tells the Daily Express. Mr Trump stormed to a decisive election victory earlier this month,

The decision is the latest in a series of moves by the U.S. and Russia that have escalated tensions between the two.

President Joe Biden has approved providing anti-personnel land mines to Ukraine, a U.S. official told Reuters. Ukraine had committed to not using the mines in densely populated areas, an unnamed official told the Washington Post,

Ukraine’s ATACMS strike in Russia’s Bryansk region marks an intensification of the war amid uncertainty over Donald Trump’s return to the White House.