An expert is convinced Putin will hand over his role in Moscow by 2024 in light of his spreading cancer, with the possibility of him stepping down by this New Year.

Strikes on Wednesday left multiple people dead and disconnected three Ukrainian nuclear plants automatically from the national grid - plunging Ukraine into darkness.

Ukraine's electricity grid chief warned of hours-long power outages Friday as Russia zeroed in on Ukraine's energy infrastructure.

The White House said Wednesday that Russia is 'ultimately responsible' for the explosion that killed two people in Poland, despite it 'most likely' coming from Ukraine.

A jubilant crowd cheered as an emotional Volodymyr Zelensky watched the Ukrainian flag being raised once again in the newly liberated city of Kherson.

Incredible footage showed the moment the Nova Kakhovka dam on the Dnipro River was blown up by retreating Russian soldiers.

Mykhailo Podolyak said Russian forces had boobytrapped everything in Kherson - from buildings to sewers - and has trained artillery on the city to blow it to pieces as Ukraine advances.

Videos show desperate Russian troops fleeing from their burning tanks and a group of soldiers being blown up by Ukrainian missiles during a disastrous assault on a town in eastern Ukraine.

At least 400,000 have fled since Putin announced he would begin drafting people into the army in September, significantly more than the 300,000 he added to his ranks.

Sales of antidepressant pills in Russia have soared more than 70 per cent this year compared to last as the miserable reality of Putin's war on Ukraine begins to impact their lives, officials say.

In a further blow to Putin's invasion, 950 Russian soldiers were killed in a single day, pushing his force's death toll up to at least 71,200, Kyiv has claimed.

KHERSON REGION, Ukraine — On the screen of a thermal imaging camera, the Russian armored personnel carrier disappeared in a silent puff of smoke. “What a beautiful explosion,” said 1st Lt. Serhiy, a Ukrainian drone pilot who watched as his weapon buzzed into a Russian-controlled village and picked off the armored vehicle, a blast that was audible seconds later at his position about 4 miles away. “We used to cheer, we used to shout, ‘Hurray!’ but we’re used to it now,” he said. Sign up for The Mo

Russia has declared a civilian evacuation to funnel residents into Russia, but civilians living there say they aren't the ones being evacuated.

A missile and drone blitz has knocked out a third of the country's power stations in just eight days as winter approaches, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

Dmitry Peskov, Putin's spokesman, was asked whether occupied regions of Ukraine are under Moscow's 'nuclear umbrella' and said they are 'protected at the same level as the rest of Russia.