Ukraine has long struggled to replenish its frontline brigades through conscription targeting able-bodied men aged 25 to 60. Each kilometre of the frontline is on average guarded by just four to seven Ukrainian infantrymen, Maria Berlinska, a Ukrainian volunteer with close ties to the military, claimed in October.

Most of the streets of Kherson are empty now. Three years after the liberation ended a nine-month Russian occupation, the city that once erupted in joy has sunk into a wary stillness — a place where daily life unfolds behind walls or underground.

Russian foreign minister Lavrov offers face-to-face meeting with U.S. secretary of state Rubio amid ongoing Ukraine war tensions and diplomatic efforts.

Russia and Ukraine have traded almost daily assaults on each other’s energy infrastructure as U.S.-led diplomatic efforts to stop the nearly four-year war make no impact on the battlefield.

Marco Pereira travels around Ukraine talking to Colombian soldiers to find out why they have chosen to fight in a punishing war so far from home. This episode of The Documentary comes to you from Assignment, investigations and journeys into the heart of global events.

The attack by Russian missiles and drones targeted the capital, Kyiv, and the large cities of Dnipro and Kharkiv, as well as several smaller municipalities.

The attack in Dnipro, Ukraine’s fourth-largest city, was part of a large Russian missile and drone barrage across the country that targeted power infrastructure.

In all, 25 locations across Ukraine, including the capital city Kyiv, were hit, leaving many areas without electricity and heating. Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said on Telegram that major energy facilities were damaged in the Poltava, Kharkiv and Kyiv regions, and work was under way to restore power.

A drone crashed on the territory of NATO member Romania during Russia's overnight attack on Ukrainian targets along the Danube River.