Russia, Ukraine and Kyiv
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Efforts are continuing to restore services in Dnipropetrovsk, officials say, after wide-spread attacks in the southeast.
Russia warns Western forces deployed to Ukraine under postwar security deal would be "legitimate combat targets" as diplomatic tensions escalate.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the agreements were “a signal of how seriously Europe and the entire coalition of the willing are ready to work for real security.”
The United Kingdom and France have agreed to deploy forces in Ukraine if it strikes a peace deal with Russia, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said, in a renewed push by Western leaders to guarantee Kyiv’s post-war security and deter Moscow from further aggression.
Russia said that any troops sent to Ukraine by Western governments would be "legitimate combat targets", after Britain and France announced plans to deploy a multinational force there in the event of a ceasefire.
The Trump administration backs Ukraine security guarantees against Russia and says it hopes to acquire Greenland.
Russia reportedly struck a critical infrastructure site in Ukraine’s Lviv region in the early hours of January 9, possibly using an Oreshnik ballistic missile, triggering nationwide air raid alerts and warnings from the US Embassy in Kyiv.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday he had appointed Canada's former Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland as his economic development adviser, citing her