A new report warns that the number of soldiers killed, injured or missing in Russia's war in Ukraine could reach 2 million by spring

U.S. President Donald Trump says President Vladimir Putin has agreed to temporarily halt the targeting of the Ukrainian capital and other towns as the region suffers under bitterly cold temperatures.

As losses mount, the pace of Russia's advance has at times been slower than the Battle of the Somme during World War I, a report says.

Opinion polls show the mood in the country worsening as exhaustion and tension take hold, said Oleksiy Antypovych of the Ukrainian polling outfit Rating Group. "Putin's use of attacks and the cold to pressure Ukraine has worsened the mood.

This is Chris York and Yuliia Taradiuk reporting from Kyiv on day 1,437 of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Today's top story: Russian shelling hit central Kherson around midday on Jan. 30, killing the driver of a city bus and wounding five other civilians,

Dispatches from Ukraine. Day 1,434

MOSCOW, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia's powerful Security Council, said that Russia will "soon" win military victory in the Ukraine war but the key thing was to prevent any further conflict.

A new CSIS report warns Russia-Ukraine war casualties could reach 2 million by spring 2026, with Russia reportedly suffering 1.2 million casualties so far.

Russians have put up with drone attacks, rising prices and a crackdown on free speech.