It's not yet clear how President-elect Donald Trump hopes to broker peace in Ukraine in just 24 hours once back in the White House.

Russian forces have launched a major assault on Ukraine, firing missiles on cities and military targets. The invasion by land, air and sea began after a pre-dawn TV address where Russian President Vladimir Putin demanded that Ukraine's military lay down its arms.

The head of Britain's foreign intelligence service said Friday that Russia is conducting a "staggeringly reckless" sabotage campaign against Ukraine's Western allies, and that his spies are working to stop the consequences from spiraling out of control.

Ukraine has fired British-supplied Storm Shadow missiles into Russia for the first time. Cease-fire negotiations between Israel and Hezbollah are proceeding. Donald Trump still faces legal trouble in New York.

Russia has carried out a massive aerial attack on Ukraine’s energy system leaving hundreds of thousands without power as winter sets in across the country.

More than a million people in Ukraine have been left without power, after Russia launched a massive strike on the country's energy grid overnight. This is the second major attack on Ukraine’s energy grid in the past two weeks.