Like all of present-day Ukraine, the show — which is part of an international franchise — has had to deal with a multitude of wartime challenges, including frequent power outages.

Apart from disagreements about peace efforts in Ukraine, Witkoff has been at loggerheads with Rubio and State Department officials about the way he handles security.

Ukraine said a resistance agent was able to sneak into a Russian hangar and destroy two Russian fighter jets.

Russia has ordered a winter troop surge to break the stalemate in Ukraine, but Ukrainian drone attacks on logistics and resupply channels will undermine this offensive.

The Ukraine “peace trade” delivered stellar returns in markets in 2025, lifting assets that theoretically stand to benefit from an end to the war. Polish bank stocks, the Czech koruna and Ukrainian debt are among those to have rallied to close out the year.

Ukrainian security services have stepped up drone and sabotage operations against Russian combat aircraft and submarines this month, in what analysts see as one way to combat incessant Russian missile strikes against cities and energy infrastructure.

Ukrainian forces say they have hit an oil terminal, a pipeline, two parked jet fighters, and two ships in a series of strikes on Russian soil