The United States is accusing Russia of a “dangerous and inexplicable escalation” of the nearly four-year war in Ukraine at a time when the Trump administration is trying to advance negotiations toward peace.

NATO allies in the Coalition of the Willing are planning security guarantees for Ukraine once Russia's war is over.

At least four people have been killed in Russia's most intense overnight aerial bombardment of the year so far, according to Ukrainian officials and media. Ukraine’s capital Kyiv came under a short but intense attack from Russian missiles, head of Kyiv’s military administration Tymur Tkachenko said.

Drones have turned the front line into a kill zone, and made casualty evacuation extremely difficult and dangerous.

Russia says it used its new Oreshnik hypersonic missile and other weapons in a massive strike on Ukraine​. Ukrainian President Zelenskyy says a drone hit the Qatar embassy.

Russia fired a hypersonic Oreshnik missile at a target in western Ukraine overnight Thursday, near the border with NATO member Poland, in what has been labeled a brazen “warning” to the wider continent and the United States.

Russia fired a powerful hypersonic missile overnight at a target in Ukraine near the border with NATO-member Poland, in what Kyiv's European allies on Friday described as an attempt to intimidate them from supporting Ukraine.

NATO is drawing a firm line on Ukraine’s future as questions over territory return to the centre of the war debate. Alliance Secretary General Mark Rutte says any decision on land concessions rests solely with Kyiv—but warns that moment,