Ukraine struck Russian regions with a major drone and missile attack overnight, damaging at least two factories and forcing schools to close in a major southern Russian city, according to Russian officials and media.

An air-raid warning has been issued across Ukraine on the morning of 15 January due to the threat of missile strikes. Source: map of air-raid warnings; Ukraine's Air Force; monitoring Telegram channels Details: An air-raid warning was issued in all Ukrainian oblasts due to the threat of a missile strike.

Russia says it has detected a shift from U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and his team towards recognising the "realities" on the ground in Ukraine, and sees this as a welcome sign as it prepares to study his plan for ending the war.

Before the conflict , Russia had demanded a legal guarantee that Ukraine be denied NATO entry, knowing the alliance has never excluded pote