Beginning in 2014 with the annexation of Crimea, the conflict between Ukraine and Russia steadily escalated into one of the largest wars in Europe since 1945. Using Google Earth, this video maps the war from its origins to the present.

Russia mounted its second most-intense aerial assault overnight into Thursday, October 30, launching a salvo of 653 drones, decoys and missiles. Ukraine’s Air Force intercepted 592 drones and 31 missiles;

An intelligence map indicates the layered deployment of Russia's air defense around Moscow, including S-400 systems to safeguard key military sites.

During an Oval Office meeting this afternoon, President Trump showed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a map of Ukraine, titled “Russia-Ukraine Conflict Map,” indicating what percent of territory is under Russian control or contested land.

A Russian MIG-31 fighter jet flying above the Baltic Sea after violating Estonian airspace, triggering provocation from Nato and the EU (Picture: AFP) Two Russian jets have entered Nato airspace in Lithuania,

Russia has been firing a cruise missile it developed in secret into Ukraine, according to Reuters. Meanwhile, another report claims a Kremlin memo is the reason plans for another Trump-Putin summit collapsed.