A new U.S. president and battlefield realities appear to be pushing Zelensky, who had long insisted on fighting for every inch of occupied land, to the table.

Ukraine attacked a major fuel facility in western Russia overnight as part of a "massive" drone attack over the border, a Russian official has said, targeting the same site Kyiv said supplies the Russian military for the second time in little over a week.

Ukraine's air defences downed 52 of the 103 Russian drones launched overnight, the Ukrainian military said on Sunday.

A Ukrainian brigade said it required no infantry to destroy Russian positions in an operation in the Kharkiv region.

While Russia is mass-producing machinery at state-owned industries, Ukraine has spawned hundreds of entrepreneur-led defense startups by slashing regulation and cutting taxes.

The Ukrainian energy network has been so battered by Russian attacks that officials are seeking out new options to prevent a crisis, like renting floating power plants and scavenging scrapped ones from the region.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said that European leaders must acknowledge the need to change their strategy regarding Ukraine.

Lithuania’s national opera house had stopped showing Tchaikovsky’s 1892 masterpiece in solidarity with Ukraine over the war with Russia. Then a new minister expressed fondness for the Russian composer,

Two Russian airports were put under flight restrictions early Saturday after authorities alleged an attack by Ukrainian drones, according to state-run news agencies.

Ukraine's air force said on Monday it had shot down 47 out of 72 Russia-launched drones across the country, while 25 more failed to reach targets. In a statement on Telegram, it said that the military repelled attacks in nine regions,