As we've been reporting, earlier President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia sent 500 drones as well as 40 missiles in the attack on Kyiv. The city's mayor, Vitaliy Klitschko, said emergency power outage schedules are now in place while "4,000 residential buildings in the capital are without heat due to damage to the power supply system".

President Emmanuel Macron has previously denied that Laurent Vinatier worked for the French state and has described his arrest as part of a misinformation campaign by Moscow.

Widespread aerial attacks marked Christmas 2025 in the Russia-Ukraine war, as Russian and Ukrainian forces exchanged drone and missile strikes on civilian and energy infrastructure in border regions. The escalation followed renewed international peace talks, with negotiators struggling to overcome divides between Moscow and Kyiv.

Polish fighter jets have been scrambled on its border with Ukraine, after the Ukrainian capital Kyiv was hit by Russian missiles and drones overnight.

Russia's second largest bank VTB maintained its net profit target of 500 billion roubles ($6.4 billion) for 2025 after reporting results for January-November on Friday ‍and saying it was engaged in restructuring talks with

Italian firms could lose up to €250 million after the EU renewed its ban on sanitary ware exports to Russia under the bloc’s 19th sanctions package.

The first draft essentially called for Ukraine’s surrender. The revised version includes the security guarantees Kyiv wants to prevent future Russian aggression.

Russia extended a temporary ban on gasoline exports through the end of February to maintain stability in its domestic fuel market.