Putin claims no "willingness from Ukraine" to negotiate a peace deal as he touts battlefield gains, and Kyiv claims a brazen strike on a ship far from Russia.

Follow live updates from NBC News as Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at his annual year-end news conference on Ukraine, peace, war and Trump.

Ukraine claimed to have struck a Russian warship and drilling facilities in the Caspian Sea during Kyiv ’s latest maritime blitz against Putin’s ailing war machine.

But President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, speaking at an annual news conference, showed little sign of backing down from his goals in the war on Ukraine.

"Putin will not participate in person, but Russia, as we have said, will be represented at a worthy level," Peskov said. The decision is not unexpected, the outlet noted. South Africa is a signatory to the Rome Statute, the founding treaty of the ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday urged Ukraine to move "quickly" on a deal to end Russia's invasion, ahead of fresh talks expected in Miami this weekend.