Follow live updates from NBC News as Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at his annual year-end news conference on Ukraine, peace, war and Trump.

Vice President JD Vance glumly assessed that the Trump administration’s efforts to peacefully resolve the bloody war in Ukraine could go either way.

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks about the war in Ukraine during his marathon year-end news conference in Moscow. When asked by NBC News correspondent Keir Simmons whether he would take responsibility for the deaths in the conflict if he rejected President Donald Trump's peace proposal,

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Retirement became the start of a new mission in a war zone Doctor Jeffrey Young. The former University of Virginia trauma surgeon thought retirement would slow him down. Instead, it sent him to Ukraine, where he helped train doctors and provide medical aid amid ongoing conflict.

Ukrainian president says Kyiv expects Moscow's comments on proposal later Wednesday, expresses readiness for a meeting with US counterpart to 'resolve sensitive issues' - Anadolu Ajansı

David Silbey, associate professor, Cornell University said the Ukraine conflict in 2025 showed: “The static warfare of the First World War all over again. In that war, any visible movement was punished by a hail of machine gun and artillery fire, here it’s drones.

Russia fired more than 650 drones and three dozen missiles at Ukraine in a major pre-Christmas attack, killing at least three people including a child.

South African father-of-three Dubandlela was overcome with pride when his 20-year-old son signed up in July to receive elite training as a VIP bodyguard in Russia. Five months later, Dubandlela is in despair.