KYIV/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has threatened to cut intelligence sharing and weapons supplies for Ukraine to press it into agreeing to the framework of a U.S.-brokered peace deal, two people familiar with the matter said. Washington has presented Ukraine with a 28-point plan, which endorses some of Russia's principal demands in the war, including that...
KYIV (Reuters) -As winter looms and Russian forces adapt their tactics, Ukrainian troops need to double down on technological innovation and flood the front line with more drones to halt Moscow's territorial gains, a senior commander said. Oleksandr Pivnenko, head of Ukraine's National Guard, said Russia continued to have the manpower advantage after nearly four years...
KYIV (Reuters) -Russia plans to manufacture up to 120,000 of its cheap and devastating glide bombs this year, a senior Ukrainian intelligence official said, including 500 of a new, longer-range version which can reach more towns and cities. Russia has ramped up arms production massively since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, with defence plants...
WARSAW (Reuters) -Ukraine would like to build a joint aerial defence shield to protect against threats from Russia together with its European partners, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday. NATO leaders have said that Russia has been testing the alliance's readiness and resolve with airspace incursions in Poland and the Baltic states, and Kyiv says...
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump told European officials he’s willing to impose sweeping new tariffs on India and China to push President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table with Ukraine - but only if EU nations do so as well. Trump made the ask when he called into a meeting with senior US and EU officials in...
KYIV/LONDON (Reuters) -Ukraine will not cede its land, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday, rejecting U.S. suggestions that a deal with Russia could involve swapping territories as Washington and Moscow prepared for talks between their leaders on ending the war. U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he would meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin...
KYIV (Reuters) -Russia targeted Ukraine with a record 728 drones overnight, shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump pledged to send more defensive weapons to Kyiv and aimed unusually direct criticism at Russian President Vladimir Putin. Ukrainian air defence units destroyed almost all the drones, including through electronic jamming systems, Ukraine's air force said on the Telegram...
MOSCOW (Reuters) -At least 700,000 people across a swathe of southern Ukraine controlled by Russian forces were without power on Tuesday after Ukrainian drone attacks and shelling knocked out electricity substations, Russia-installed officials said. There was no immediate comment from Ukraine, but the attack, which targeted the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions, appeared to be one of...
(Reuters) -Satellite imagery of a Russian air base taken shortly after Ukraine carried out a drone attack deep inside Russia over the weekend shows several strategic bombers were destroyed and badly damaged, according to three open source analysts. Ukraine targeted at least four air bases across Russia using 117 unmanned aerial vehicles launched from containers close...
(Reuters) -Ukraine's defence minister recently had a call with the head of the Russian delegation in the Istanbul talks, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday, in order to discuss the memorandum Moscow is currently working on laying out its conditions for any peace accord. Defence Minister Rustem Umerov led the Ukrainian delegation to the May 16...
