Feet of snow buried the town of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Kamchatka, in Russia's Far East, during the middle of last week. Two people were killed by snow falling from rooftops. The Kamchatka Peninsula was also the location of a major earthquake and tsunami last year.

Ukraine nuclear facilities face Russian attack threats as Moscow weighs strikes on power substations to force capitulation, officials say. Zaporizhzhia is a primary target.

Oil tankers carrying Russian oil appear to be avoiding the fastest Black Sea route to the Turkish straits and travel along the Georgian and Turkish coasts to avoid drone attacks from Ukraine, according to ship-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg.

Negotiators have discussed proposals to check Russian and Chinese influence in the Arctic and transfer sovereignty over pockets of Greenlandic land to the United States, an idea opposed by Denmark.

One dead and at least 15 injured in Russian strikes, as talks continue between Ukraine, Russia and the US in Abu Dhabi. What we know on day 1,431

Russia's relentless strikes leave families in Kyiv without heat and power, and keep schools closed for at least a month.