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.

Tammy Bruce, US Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations, has described Russia's use of the Oreshnik intercontinental ballistic missile against Ukraine as an unjustified escalation.

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

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.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said Ukraine has yet to decide whether it is willing to make territorial concessions to end the war with Russia, stressing that such a decision rests solely with Kyiv and must be backed by its allies.

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,