CloseDonald Trump has said that Vladimir Putin “fears the US” but not Europe in his latest attack on Washington’s closest allies.
In comments likely to cause concern in Europe, the US president said that a mission to capture the Russian President, mirroring the operation to seize Nicolas Maduro, would “not be necessary”.
Trump told reporters: “Putin is not afraid of Europe. He's afraid of the United States of America as led by me. There's no fear of Europe.”
He also repeated claims that Europe had “fallen behind”, with areas that were “not recognisable” due to immigration. Trump and his MAGA allies have frequently backed far-right parties in Europe.
His remarks come as Russia launched its new hypersonic ballistic Oreshnik missile at Ukraine, striking a city just 60 miles from the Nato border of Poland.
Moscow has claimed it was fired in response to an attempted Ukrainian drone strike on one of Vladimir Putin’s residences, a strike which Kyiv says never happened. Europe has also condemned Russia’s latest attack as a “clear escalation” and warned it was an attempt to “instil fear”.
An overnight Russian drone and missile bombardment on Friday left nearly 6,000 apartment buildings without heat in Kyiv and killed at least four people, with more than 20 others wounded, according to Ukrainian authorities.
On Sunday, the governor of the Voronezh region said an overnight Ukrainian drone attack injured at least four people and damaged buildings in the southern Russia city of Voronezh. An emergency service facility, seven apartment buildings and six houses were damaged as a result of the attack, the governor, Alexander Gusev, said on the Telegram messaging app.
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An overnight Ukrainian drone attack injured at least four people and damaged buildings in the southern Russia city of Voronezh, governor of the Voronezh region said on Sunday.
An emergency service facility, seven apartment buildings and six houses were damaged as a result of the attack, the governor, Alexander Gusev, said on the Telegram messaging app.
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Russia's Defense Ministry said Saturday that its forces used aviation, drones, missiles and artillery to strike Ukrainian energy facilities and fuel-storage depots.
Russia struck Ukraine with 121 drones and one Iskander-M ballistic missile, according to the Ukrainian air force. It said 94 drones were shot down.
Tara Cobham10 January 2026 22:30
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Prime Minister Keir Starmer has signed a historic deal to deploy British troops to Ukraine in the event of a peace deal with Russia.
But his pledge has drawn scepticism amid growing concern about the UK’s military capabilities and dwindling troop numbers during an increasingly precarious global climate.
Reform leader Nigel Farage derided the commitment, saying the UK is in “no position” to put boots on the ground in Ukraine during a press conference on Wednesday. “With what boots? he asked. “What kit? We might be able to go for six to eight weeks but … We’re in no position to do it.”
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Ukrainian PM says heat supply fully restored in Kyiv by end of Saturday
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said heat supply would be fully restored in Kyiv by the end of Saturday.
She said areas on the right bank of the Dnieper River would gradually lift emergency blackouts and return to scheduled outages. But resuming power supply on the left bank, where Russian attacks were concentrated, is more complicated due to significant damage to the power grid, she added.
Tara Cobham10 January 2026 20:15
Ukraine ‘treating Russia’s hypersonic missile strike as a war crime’ after attack near EU border
Ukraine's SBU is treating Russia's overnight Oreshnik missile strike on the western Lviv region as a war crime, alleging it targeted critical infrastructure near the EU border.
Russia stated the Lviv attack was in retaliation for an alleged drone attack on a Vladimir Putin residence, a claim Kyiv has denied.
This marks the second deployment of the intermediate-range Oreshnik missile, which possesses nuclear capabilities and is noted for its high velocity, making it difficult to intercept.
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Russia's attack caused 'significant civilian casualties' in Ukraine, UN says
Russia bombarded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles overnight into Friday, according to Ukrainian officials, killing at least four people in the capital. For only the second time in the nearly 4-year-old war, it used a powerful new hypersonic missile that struck western Ukraine in a clear warning to Kyiv's NATO allies.
The intense barrage and the launch of the nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile followed reports of major progress in talks between Ukraine and its allies on how to defend the country from further Moscow aggression if a US-led peace deal is struck.
Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for the UN secretary-general, said Friday's attacks "have resulted in significant civilian casualties and deprived millions of Ukrainians of essential services, including electricity, heating and water at a time of acute humanitarian need."
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The Russian military said it had fired its hypersonic Oreshnik missile at a target in Ukraine in response to what it described as an attempted Ukrainian drone strike on one of President Vladimir Putin's residences, something Kyiv has called a lie.
It is the second time that Russia has used the intermediate-range Oreshnik, a missile which President Vladimir Putin has boasted is impossible to intercept because of its reported velocity of more than 10 times the speed of sound.
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