Novosti news agency reported, quoting sources, that England has suggested that NATO allies consider sending the alliance's overseas forces to Ukraine.

Russia and Ukraine traded hundreds of prisoners of war on Wednesday, just a week after Moscow said Kyiv had shot down a plane carrying captured Ukrainian soldiers to an exchange.

Russia has carried out a wave of attacks on Ukraine, killing 18 people and injuring more than 130, Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said, with a sports club in central Kyiv one of several civilian buildings damaged.

Western and Ukrainian officials have said that if the United States and Europe do not resume their financial support to Kiev, there is a possibility that the Ukrainian government will shut down due to lack of funds.

The number of fatalities in the Ukrainian shelling of a busy market in Donetsk has climbed to at least 25, Denis Pushilin, the leader of Russia’s Donetsk People’s Republic said.

In a strange statement, the head of Ukraine's military intelligence service implied the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder and commander of the Russian private military group Wagner, and said that Wagner is still active. He also admitted that this country cannot continue the war with Russia without mobilizing new forces.

Ukraine suffered a large Russian missile attack in the early hours of Saturday, while its air defenses were able to down a far lower proportion of them than usual.

Bloomberg reported that last month a secret meeting was held between Ukraine, G7 allies and several other countries to discuss holding peace talks with Russia.

Yury Latsenko, the former Prosecutor General of Ukraine, said that the authorities of this country should openly and honestly admit that 500,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed since the beginning of the war with Russia.

More than 470 prisoners of war return home on both sides after the swap deals stalled in the latter half of 2023.

Germany's parliament member for the military budget has admitted that only a small number of the modern Leopard 2 tanks that Germany supplied to Ukraine have been deployed on the battlefield because Europe is facing a shortage of spare parts to repair them.

The Ukrainian Air Force announced the largest Russian drone attack against the country on the first night of the New Year.

Western media have reported that 10 people were killed and 45 others were injured in the attacks of the Ukrainian army on the city of Belgorod in western Russia.

Last Wednesday, Politico reported that the United States and the European Union have abandoned their goal of achieving a "complete victory" over Russia in the Ukraine war.

Following the continuation of the war between Moscow and Kiev, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has proposed to the government to reduce the age of people who want to join the ranks of the country's armed forces from 27 years to 25 years.

On Sunday, the Ministry of Defense of Russia announced the downing of four military planes and 49 drones of the Ukrainian army in the last 24 hours.

In the last two days, Russia has carried out a large-scale offensive attack by a drone on the capital of Ukraine, as a result of which several people have been killed and injured, and huge damages have been caused.

President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia would be prepared to talk to Ukraine, the United States and Europe about Kyiv’s future if they wanted to, but that Moscow would defend its national interests.

The Daily Mail quoted Kyiv Mayor Vitaly Klitschko as reporting that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will soon step down due to defeat in the battlefields.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg admitted that Ukraine's summer counteroffensive did not succeed in its goals and said: "Wars proceed in stages. We must support Ukraine in good times and bad. "We must be ready to hear bad news."