The train had been operating from Chop, near Ukraine‘s western borders with Hungary and Slovakia, to the town of Barvinkove.

These are the key developments from day 1,436 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Officials in Ukraine say that a heavy Russian drone attack on Odesa has killed at least three people and wounded 23, including children and a pregnant woman.

The number of deaths, injuries and missing is approaching a grim milestone after nearly four years of fighting.

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

US President Donald Trump claimed his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin agreed to a week-long pause in attacks on major Ukrainian cities, including the capital, Kyiv, as the country grapples with plummeting winter temperatures.

The Ukrainian leader warned the escalations were a signal that Russia is preparing a “new massive strike” and said the onslaughts discredited peace talks. “The Russians are preparing a new massive strike – our intelligence indicates this,” he said in a video to his social media account on Wednesday.