Romania says a Russian drone hit a block of flats in the country, which it calls a "grave escalation". Vladimir Putin has responded - and explained why he said the Ukraine war is coming to an end. Follow the latest on the conflict and the NATO response to events in Romania.

It is the highest on-the-record estimate of Russian military deaths to come from any government since the war in Ukraine began.

Zelensky sends Trump urgent letter warning of Ukraine's critical missile defense shortages * Ukraine fails to pass IMF-backed reforms, despite millions of dollars on the

Ukraine's defense leadership has said that it is already working on a way to counter Russian jet-powered drones.

Ukraine is largely reliant on its Western allies to down Russian missile barrages, despite having pioneered a system for intercepting long-range drones that is the envy of some of the world's most advanced militaries.

By every conventional metric, Ukraine should already have lost. It is stymying an adversary with 4.5 times its population, 28 times its land mass and an economy 12 times bigger than its own. That has required military, social, economic and occasionally political ingenuity.

Ukraine’s first McDonald’s was left battered — with its golden arches melting off its building — but still operating after devastating overnight Russian strikes that killed at least four people and injured dozens.

In an exclusive look inside Ukraine's hidden drone factories that are rapidly producing kamikaze drones and interceptor systems to counter Iranian-designed Shahed and other Russian drones.

Ukraine secures deal for 20 new fighter jets partly built in UK - The deal will see Kyiv purchase 20 advanced Gripen E models to bolster its defence

Ukraine has unveiled a new domestically-developed kit to convert a 250 kg drop bomb into a guided glide bomb to arm its fighter jets. Ukraine has unveiled on May 18, 2026, a new domestically-developed glide bomb to be used in operations against Russia.