Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved budget plans, raising 2025 military spending to record levels as Moscow seeks to prevail in the war in Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved a record-breaking defense budget, setting aside a staggering third of the government’s total spending as the war in Ukraine drains resources from both sides nearly three years on.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Sunday that a week of "Russian aerial terror" saw Moscow launch around 500 bombs, 660 drones and 120 missiles into Ukraine.

Ukraine's defence forces destroyed nearly 20 Russian drones threatening Kyiv on the night of 1-2 December. Source: Serhii Popko, Head of Kyiv City Military Administration, on Telegram Details: Kyiv City Military Administration reported that an air-raid warning in the capital was in effect for four and a half hours due to the Russian drone attack.