Combat situation on the Vremivka front is challenging, but it is currently premature to talk about a potential encirclement of Ukrainian troops, Defence Forces of Ukraine's South have stated. Source: Ukrinform,

Fighting persists in the urban area of Kurakhove, Donetsk Oblast, as Russian forces concentrate their efforts on breakthrough attacks along several fronts. Over the past day, the Ukrainian military has reported 234 combat clashes.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has reported that battles are ongoing in the urban area of the city of Kurakhove in Donetsk Oblast. The Russians have concentrated their efforts on breakthrough attacks on the Lyman,

Vladimir Putin was dealt a blow with Ukraine's incursion into Russia's Kursk oblast but his forces ended the year with momentum in the Donbas.

Visits and phone calls from European leaders to Vladimir Putin have been rare since Moscow sent troops into Ukraine, although Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orban visited Russia in July, and Austrian chancellor Karl Nehammer met with the Russian leader just weeks into the full-scale war.

The city of Pokrovsk, a vital delivery and distribution hub for Ukraine's forces across a wide part of the front line, is in danger of being encircled.

The general who has been been overseeing fighting in eastern Ukraine has been fired as Russia makes its fastest advances since the war began and closes in on a key territory.

Russia could soon capture the key southern Donetsk logistics hub of Pokrovsk, which would cap a year of material territorial gains in Ukraine.

Russian An-72 military transport plane damaged in blast near Moscow, Ukraine's intel claims Fire, casualties reported in Kyiv amid Russian missile attack Ukraine charges Russian general with killing Reuters employee in Kramatorsk Russia captures 'Uspenivka pocket,

North Korea is preparing to send to Russia more troops and weapons, including kamikaze drones, to support Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine, South Korea’s military has claimed.North Korea has already provided 240mm multiple rocket launchers and 170mm self-propelled howitzers,

For the world, 2024 was riven by conflict on two fronts. As the year ends, Gaza is in shambles and tens of thousands are dead.