Putin defies Trump’s threats over Ukraine war and launches huge drone attack on Zaporizhzhia - Kremlin indicates it sees nothing new in President Trump’s threat to hit Russia with new sanctions and ta

Russian forces launched an overnight missile strike on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia on Thursday, hitting residential buildings, according to the region’s governor, Ivan Fedorov. He reported four explosions in the city.

Russia-installed officials in Ukraine's partly-occupied Zaporizhzhia region said Ukrainian drones on Wednesday attacked Enerhodar, a city serving the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.

Russia launched a widespread drone and missile attack on Ukraine early Saturday, killing at least three people in the capitol of Kyiv.

A Russian missile strike on the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia on Thursday killed one person and wounded 16, the regional governor said.

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The attack destroyed an energy facility and cut power to more than 20,000 residents and heat to some 17,000, according to Governor Ivan Fedorov.

In his first major remarks on Ukraine after re-entering the White House, the US president urged Putin to “settle now and stop this ridiculous war” or face intensified sanctions, taxes and tariffs, adding: “We can do it the easy way, or the hard way.”

Russia has given its first response to Donald Trump’s ultimatum calling on Vladimir Putin to engage in peace talks or see his Ukraine invasion end “the hard way”.Writing on his Truth Social platform days after re-entering the White House,

After another Russian attack on residential areas and infrastructure in Zaporizhzhia, President Volodymyr Zelensky called for increased pressure on the enemy - to impose more sanctions against Russia,

The Kremlin dismisses US President Donald Trump's remarks on the Ukraine conflict, expressing openness to constructive dialogue despite proposed sanct