Russian forces pounded Ukrainian power infrastructure before a new round of ‌peace talks, killing three energy workers and leaving tens of thousands of people without power and heat, officials said Tuesday.

High casualties and economic trouble signal time is no longer on Russia’s side, but Moscow isn’t backing off political and territorial demands to weaken Ukraine.

Ukraine has made its fastest battlefield gains against Russian forces in two and a half years, according to a new analysis published ahead of a fresh round of U.S.-brokered peace talks.

Anastasia Kucherova, a Russian living in Milan, voiced her opposition to Russia’s war against Ukraine with a highly symbolic, if anonymous, act: Carrying the Ukraine team placard during the opening ceremony of the Milan Cortina Winter Games.

US envoy Steve Witkoff and US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner are meeting with Iranian officials today in Geneva. Follow here for the latest.

Ukraine hits Russian oil terminal and air defence in occupied Crimea as Moscow's drone strikes and power cuts intensify ahead of fresh US-brokered peace talks in Geneva.View on euronews