Trump said he would end the war in Ukraine within his first 24 hours in office. His patience with Russia's Putin now appears to be wearing thin.

Ukraine and Russia have escalated their shadow war of espionage, sabotage, and assassinations, with both countries claiming a growing list of captured agents, intercepted plots, and cross-border attacks.

Ukrainian media posted what appeared to be security camera footage showing a man walking through a parking lot with bags being shot by another man.

For 23-year-old Oleksandra Ymanets, seeking shelter in a Kyiv metro station each night has become routine. Ymanets, who has a 10-month-old son, says the shelter in the subway feels safer than her home at night.

Russia launched a large-scale aerial assault on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv in the early hours of Thursday, marking a second consecutive night of ferocious attacks on the country, as Russia ramps up its bombardment more than three years into the war.

With five shots at close range while leaving the apartment today at 8 a.m., the enemy killer did his dirty work.”

EXCLUSIVE: People are exhausted, children wake up screaming, elderly neighbours spend nights in stairwells - and residents of Kyiv go to work, said Inna Sovsun.

Ukraine behind new pipeline explosion in Siberia that supplies Russian military-industrial complex, source claims * Russian troops tasked to create 10-kilometer buffer zone in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine's spy chief says * Ukrainian drone strikes reported at Russian MiG plant,