Former US Army vice chief of staff General Jack Keane says Russia’s support for the war in Ukraine is “eroding” given it’s President Vladimir Putin “doesn’t have much to show for it”.

Ukraine is managing to defend itself against Russia’s terrifying new war strategy very effectively, according to the UK. Moscow launched approximately 1,700 drones – also known as One Way Attack Uncrewed Aerial Systems – towards Ukraine throughout December.

NATO jets were scrambled on Wednesday morning following a Russian attack near Ukraine’s border with Poland. Vladimir Putin’s forces launched a brutal attack on Ukraine’s energy sector this morning, as the Kremlin continues its efforts to cripple the country’s infrastructure.

Russian strikes - hitting vital energy facilities in the coldest weeks of winter - were led by Vladimir Putin's Tu-22 and Tu-95 strategic bombers

NATO member Poland scrambled fighter jets after overnight Russian missile and drone attacks on Ukraine, Warsaw's military said on Wednesday. Newsweek has reached out to Polish authorities and Russia's Defense Ministry for comment via email.

Russia’s military on Tuesday said it would retaliate against Ukraine after Kyiv attacked Russian regions by firing six US-made ATACMS ballistic missiles, six UK-made Storm Shadow cruise missiles and launching one of the biggest drone attacks to date.

The barrage appeared to be one of the largest recent assaults in Ukraine’s campaign to damage Russia’s war machine on its home territory.

Officials in several Russian regions, some hundreds of kilometres from the border, reported strikes overnight.

Russia says it has detected a shift from U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and his team towards recognising the "realities" on the ground in Ukraine, and sees this as a welcome sign as it prepares to study his plan for ending the war.

Before the conflict , Russia had demanded a legal guarantee that Ukraine be denied NATO entry, knowing the alliance has never excluded pote

Trump has echoed Moscow’s rhetoric, which has described its ‘special military operation’ in Ukraine as a response to planned Nato membership for Kyiv