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Two Polish airports reopen after temporary closure due to Russian strikes on Ukraine
Rzeszow and Lublin airports in southeastern Poland reopened on Saturday after fighter jet operations ended following Russian strikes on Ukraine, the Polish Air Navigation Services Agency (PANSA) said on X.
PANSA had earlier announced the temporary closure of the airports due to military aircraft activity in the area. The Operational Command of the Polish Armed said Polish and allied jets had completed their operations and reported no violation of Polish airspace.
Bryony Gooch27 December 2025 09:45
Over 2,600 residential buildings in Kyiv without heat after Russian attack, city administration says
Over 2,600 residential buildings, 187 nurseries and 138 schools in Kyiv have been left without heat after an overnight Russian attack, the city administration said on Saturday.
The temperature in the capital hovered around 0 degrees Celsius (32 Fahrenheit) on Saturday morning. Authorities in Kyiv region, which surrounds the capital but does not include it, said 320,000 households had lost power after the attack.
Bryony Gooch27 December 2025 09:30
Recap: 20-point plan is 90 per cent ready
Volodymyr Zelensky has said that the 20-point plan under discussion "is about 90% ready".
It comes as he’s set to meet Mr Trump in Florida over the weekend.
An "economic agreement" will also be discussed, he said, but he was unable to confirm "whether anything will be finalised by the end".
The Ukrainian side will also raise "territorial issues", he said.
Mr Zelensky said Ukraine "would like the Europeans to be involved", but doubted whether it would be possible at short notice.
"We must, without doubt, find some format in the near future in which not only Ukraine and the US are present, but Europe is represented as well," he said.
Bryony Gooch27 December 2025 09:15
In pictures: Destruction in Kyiv after major Russian bombardment



Bryony Gooch27 December 2025 08:58
Zelensky to meet Trump for high-stakes talks in Mar-a-Lago in bid to seal peace deal by new year
Bryony Gooch27 December 2025 08:37
Watch: Fires rage across Kyiv after Russian drone bombardment ahead of Trump talks
Bryony Gooch27 December 2025 08:20
EU Commission's Von der Leyen to participate in call with Zelenskiy, Trump and European leaders
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen will join a call today with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, US president Donald Trump and other European leaders, a commission spokesperson told Reuters.
Stuti Mishra27 December 2025 08:00
Emergency power cuts in Kyiv after Russian attack
Emergency power cuts were implemented in Kyiv's left bank after an overnight Russian aerial attack on the Ukrainian capital, according to Ukraine's largest private electricity company DTEK.
Bryony Gooch27 December 2025 07:45
Kim says North Korea and Russia shared 'blood, life and death'
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told Russian President Vladimir Putin their countries had shared “blood, life and death” in the Ukraine war, calling 2025 a “really meaningful year” for a bilateral alliance forged “in the same trench”, state media said on Saturday.
Pyongyang dispatched thousands of troops to fight for Moscow, according to South Korean and Western intelligence agencies, as Russia presses ahead with its nearly four-year invasion of Ukraine. In April North Korea publicly confirmed for the first time that it had sent personnel to support Moscow’s invasion and had suffered combat deaths. Earlier this month, North Korea acknowledged deploying an engineering regiment to clear mines in Russia’s Kursk region in August, with Mr Kim later saying at least nine soldiers were killed during the 120‑day mission.
Stuti Mishra27 December 2025 07:30
Zelensky says Russia is using Belarus to get around defences
President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of using apartment blocks in Belarus to attack Ukraine’s defences.
“We note that the Russians are trying to bypass our defensive interceptor positions through the territory of neighbouring Belarus. This is risky for Belarus,” the Ukrainian leader wrote on Telegram on Friday.
“It is unfortunate that Belarus is surrendering its sovereignty in favour of Russia's aggressive ambitions.”
Belarus has remained a staunch ally of Russia, with President Vladimir Putin launching attacks on Ukraine from the territory in February 2022 that sparked the war.
Zelensky noted that Russian military were situated “in Belarusian settlements near the border, including on residential buildings.”
He added: “Antennae and other equipment are located on the roofs of ordinary five-storey apartment buildings, which help guide 'Shaheds' (Russian drones) to targets in our western regions. This is an absolute disregard for human lives, and it is important that Minsk stops playing with this.”
Maira Butt27 December 2025 07:00


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