Russia launched more than 200 drones at Ukraine as new year struck, while Putin and Zelenskyy offered messages to their nations.

The CIA has assessed Ukraine was not targeting a residence used by Russian President Vladimir Putin in a recent drone attack in the north of his country, according to US officials, undercutting an assertion the Russian president had made to Trump in a Monday phone call.

Russian drones have attacked apartment buildings and the power grid in Odesa, Ukraine, injuring six people, including children

The year 2025 solidified the Russia-Ukraine War as a pioneering conflict of drone warfare, with drones of all types playing more and more decisive roles in the conflict. Several major changes occurred in drone tactics and production,

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy proposed a trusted ally and technology booster to serve as Ukraine’s defense minister, saying his task will be to strengthen wartime drone capabilities.

Ukraine has used its pioneering naval drones to hit Russian targets like expensive warships. Now it has a growing fleet designed to fight on rivers.

In Mar-a-Lago on Sunday, Trump and Zelensky are hoping to finally hammer out the last details of a deal to end Europe’s deadliest conflict since World War II.

Russia said it showed the US decoded data from a Ukrainian drone that it claims shows a planned attack on a residence of President Vladimir Putin.