Aiden Aslin, a British volunteer who joined Ukraine’s marines, was captured and tortured by Putin’s forces in 2022 and is now back fighting the Kremlin. He tells his story to the ‘World of Trouble’ podcast with world affairs editor Sam Kiley in eastern Ukraine.

Proposals that emerged in recent negotiations with the United States were “rather unconstructive,” a Kremlin official said on Sunday.

He added that consensus was reached on many points after peace talks with US, but “territory is unresolved issue”, AFP reported. The US is set to present Russia with the peace plan on December 24. Also Read | Latest US intelligence reports on Russia-Ukraine war contradict Donald Trump

In recent months, Ukrainian heavy bomber drones, commonly known as Baba Yaga, are playing a growing role in the Russia-Ukraine War due as battlefield conditions evolve.

Ukrainian forces say they have hit an oil terminal, a pipeline, two parked jet fighters, and two ships in a series of strikes on Russian soil.

In what could be a major breakthrough in the attempts to end the Russia-Ukraine war, Ukrainian President Zelensky has unveiled details of a 20-plan peace plan.

The town of Siversk had served as a stronghold in the portion of eastern Donetsk still under Ukrainian control. Moscow wants Kyiv to surrender the town as part of a peace deal.

A Russian general was killed by a car bomb in Moscow on Monday, the latest in a growing list of military officials and other pro-war figures to be assassinated since the start of the war in Ukraine. Ukrainian military intelligence has claimed responsibility for a number of the attacks.