EADaily, March 27th, 2026. The US Treasury announced the start of financing the Ukrainian defense sector through the joint US-Ukrainian Fund for the Reconstruction of Ukraine (URIF), choosing Sine Engineering as the first recipient of investment to expand the production of modern drones in the country.

Vladimir Putin keeps insisting his eventual victory in the Ukraine war is “inevitable,” but Kyiv took more territory than Moscow in February and so far in March. Not only is a Kremlin triumph far from assured,

Open-ended military conflict in Europe could, at some point, intersect with open-ended military conflict in the Middle East.

Zelenskyy says U.S. security guarantees for Ukraine are tied to ceding Donbas to Russia, warning the proposal could weaken Kyiv and European security.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) greets Jared Kushner (R), President Trump's son-in-law, as U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff (C) looks on at the Kremlin in Moscow on Thursday night.

The delegation that Russia ultimately sent avoided outspoken lawmakers who have called for military action against the United States.

Ukraine has sent counter-drone specialists to five countries in the Middle East and the Gulf region to help defend against Iranian Shahed drones, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced in early March 2026.

Due to delays in financial aid, Ukraine risks being left without funding for its defence as early as June 2024.

When the United States and Israel started bombarding Iran in late February, U.S. President Donald Trump and his advisers likely believed that they could debilitate the regime and the situation would stabilize quickly,