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President Donald Trump says that Russia and Ukraine are closer to peace than they have ever been

A senior Kremlin official says Russian police and the National Guard will stay on in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas even if a peace settlement ends the war.

Ukraine claims it has carried out the first successful combat strike by an underwater drone against a submarine, damaging a Russian Kilo-class boat in the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk and potentially removing a key cruise missile launch platform from the war.

The latest proposal is designed to deter future Russian aggression. But Russia is not part of the talks and has shown little willingness to negotiate.

Ukraine has used long-range drones to attack Russian oil platforms as it expands its strikes on the country's energy sector.

The Feniks drone unit in the Toretsk direction destroyed an armored personnel carrier (APC), a Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS), and an enemy robotic system, according to the Feniks unit’s Telegram channel.

Ukraine struck an oil tanker belonging to Russia’s so-called shadow fleet in the Black Sea on Wednesday, according to an official in the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU).

By Yuliia Dysa and Tom Balmforth KYIV, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Ukraine said on Monday it hit and disabled a Russian missile-carrying submarine docked at a Black Sea naval base using underwater sea drones for the first time,