By Max Hunder KYIV, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Ukraine's new defence minister promised a sweeping, data-driven overhaul of Europe's largest military to reward commanders achieving results on the battlefield and give Ukrainian forces the upper hand against Russia's bigger and better-equipped army.

Russia’s recent strikes on Ukraine reportedly involved a combination of new weapons and others repurposed from stocks of old target missiles.

The Trump White House is attempting to end the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

MOSCOW, Jan 22 - Russian President Vladimir Putin will on Thursday discuss a possible peace plan for Ukraine with U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Moscow after President Donald Trump said a deal to end the war was "reasonably close".

Kremlin-installed authorities in Russia-occupied parts of southern Ukraine say Ukrainian drone strikes have damaged energy networks.

"It is the use of nuclear risk as a tool of coercion," Ukraine's foreign minister said.

DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 22 (Reuters) - U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff on Thursday said "a lot of progress" had been made in Ukraine peace talks and that negotiations were down to one last issue. The United States has held talks with Russia,

The attack knocked out heating to more than 5,600 apartment buildings in the capital, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.

The rumor appeared to stem from a mistranslation of an interview on French news television.

"Focus in Ukraine should be our number one priority, and then we can discuss on all the issues, including Greenland," Rutte said. "But it should be Ukraine first, because it is crucial for our European and U.