Ukraine receives its first batch of French Mirage 2000 fighter jets and US made F-16s fighters from the Netherlands as European allies seek to strengthen Kyiv's hand in its war with Russia.
A Russian drone struck an multi-storey apartment building in Sumy, Ukraine, on Thursday, killing nine and injuring 13, including a child, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said.
US military equipment sales to foreign governments surged 29% to a record $318.7 billion in 2024, as countries replenished stocks sent to Ukraine and prepare for major conflicts.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy hopes Europe and the United States will be involved in any talks about ending his country's war with Russia, he told reporters on Saturday.
Ukraine introduced emergency power cuts in six regions amid what authorities described as a "massive" Russian missile strike, the national grid operator said on Wednesday.
A billionaire oil tycoon tried again on Wednesday to overturn British sanctions imposed over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in the first case of its kind to reach the UK's Supreme Court.
