Russia's economy will be under major strain in 2025, economists told BI. One said stagnation was similar to the USSR at the start of the 1980s.

U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he had asked the Defense Department to continue its surge of weapons deliveries to Ukraine, after condemning Russia's Christmas Day attack on Ukraine's energy system and some of its cities.

Russia launches a Christmas Day missile attack on Ukraine as the war enters its third year. NBC News’ Erin McLaughlin reports on the shifting battleground there and in Washington, D.C.

President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he asked the U.S. Defense Department to continue its surge of weapons deliveries to Ukraine after condemning Russia's Christmas Day attack against some of Ukraine's cities and its energy system.

An Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash on Christmas Day has prompted speculation the plane was shot down by Russia after it took a detour of hundreds of miles in the wrong direction and crash-landed with holes in the fuselage.

Ukrainian officials say Russia has launched a massive missile barrage targeting Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.

A Russian court case involving a compensation claim against Austria's Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) will continue in the second half of January, judicial authorities and the lender said on Wednesday.

Zelensky warns of greater military cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang, including sending more troops and military equipment

Tragedy struck the skies on Christmas Day, as 38 people on board an Azerbaijan Airlines flight died after the plane crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan. Preliminary investigations show that a bird strike may have been behind the incident.

LUGANSK, December 26. /TASS/. Russian troops have broken through Ukrainian defense lines in the Kharkov Region town of Staritsa, and continued to advance along the Seversky Donetsk river, military expert Andrey Marochko has told TASS.