Putin’s forces launch deadly Kyiv ballistic missile and drone attack - Putin says he is open to talks with Donald Trump, saying ‘we will have things to discuss’

Russian President Vladimir Putin has boasted about the economy and hailed his troops’ gains in Ukraine during his annual news conference and call-in show.

The Russian president appeared in no hurry to seek an end to the war despite President-elect Donald Trump’s vow to secure a speedy resolution.

Russia has launched several missiles at the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv and stuck targets elsewhere in the country.

The strikes of the "Dagger" hypersonic missiles was seen as Putin’s revenge for the use by Ukraine of British Storm Shadow and US ATACMS missiles against Russia’s Rostov region a day earlier

Several deserters from Putin's war in Ukraine have been burned alive at one of Russia's notorious 'torture jails', where so-called 'refuseniks' are regularly beaten

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has reacted to Russian leader Vladimir Putin's proposal for a technological experiment in which the West and Ukraine can decide on a target in Kyiv for a Russian Oreshnik missile strike and then try to intercept the Russian missile,

The Russian president told one reporter he was ready to meet Donald Trump, who he said he had not spoken to for years

When asked what he would have done differently if he could go back to February 2022, the month Russia launched its all-out war against Ukraine, Putin responded, "Knowing what's happening now, back in 2022,

Vladimir Putin says his bungled invasion of Ukraine has, in fact, made Russia "much stronger" - and has claimed without evidence that his army is the strongest in the world

Zelensky blasts Putin's Oreshnik threats, calling him 'dumbass' Zelensky dismisses ceasefire as Putin's ploy to regroup, seeks coordinated peace plan Ukraine strikes 'only oil refinery operating' in Russia's Rostov Oblast,