Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed Trump’s return as president, saying Ukraine looks forward to working with him. Russia’s casualties mounted to a record high of 434,000 in 2024, with 150,000 deaths, Ukraine’s commander in chief of the armed forces said. The toll is higher than the previous two years combined, he said.

Rescue operations end in Sumy with 9 killed, 13 injured after Russian drone attack on residential building ・Sweden unveils its largest military aid package for Ukraine worth $1.2 billion ・Lithuania open to sending peacekeepers to Ukraine,

A Russian drone struck a multi-storey apartment building in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy early on Thursday, killing nine people and injuring 13, including a child, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said.