Desertion is starving the Ukrainian army of desperately needed manpower and crippling battle plans at a key time in its war against Russia's invasion.

Kyiv is heavily protected by air defences, but Putin says Russia’s Oreshnik hypersonic missile is incapable of being intercepted. “At present, the Ministry of Defence and the General Staff are selecting targets to hit on Ukrainian territory,

Russia may use its new Oreshnik hypersonic missile to attack "decision-making centres" in Kyiv in response to Ukraine's firing of Western missiles at Russian territory, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.

In a single post, the president-elect told the world what the end of the Ukraine war might look like. And it is going to be a big diplomatic ask, to say the least.