Taking advantage of the coldest days of winter to terrorize people is more important to Russia than diplomacy,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

Russia launched a massive overnight attack on Ukraine using more than 70 missiles and 450 drones, Zelenskyy said, one day before peace talks resume in Abu Dhabi.

Between Monday night and Tuesday morning, Russian forces launched 71 ballistic and cruise missiles and 450 attack drones in a massive bombardment, according to Ukraine’s air force. Air defences managed to shoot down 38 of the missiles and 412 drones.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The terms of a Russian commitment to U.S. President Donald Trump to temporarily halt its bombardment of Ukraine during one of the country’s bleakest winters in years remained unclear Friday, as Ukrainians braced for even worse conditions to come next week.

Russia would regard the deployment of any foreign military forces or infrastructure in Ukraine as foreign intervention and treat those forces as legitimate targets, the Foreign Ministry said on Monday,

UKRAINE LOSING FAITH: If there was one moment last week that crystallized the fear in Ukraine that the Trump administration is not working in Ukraine’s best interest it was a statement at last week’s Cabinet meeting in which special envoy Steve Witkoff said “lots of good things” were in the negotiations in Abu Dhabi and

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announces new peace talks with US and Russia set for Wednesday and Thursday this week in Abu Dhabi.

By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, praised U.S. President Donald Trump as an effective leader who was seeking peace but added that Moscow had seen no trace of nuclear submarines Trump said he moved to Russian shores.