Russia has been pounding Ukraine's critical infrastructure, hoping to wear down public resistance to the war while leaving many around the country having to endure the dead of winter without heat.

WASHINGTON — Russian tyrant Vladimir Putin has been invited to join President Trump’s “Board of Peace” for the war-torn Gaza Strip, the Kremlin claimed on Monday. Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Putin had “received through diplomatic channels” an offer to join the board and added that Moscow was “hoping to get more details from the US side.

The US president said his Russian counterpart agreed to his request not to target the capital for a week as Ukraine faces temperatures as low as minus 30 degrees – but there was no confirmation of that from Moscow.