The war in Ukraine and US security assistance.
A double strike on a school used to hand out aid in Zaporizhzhia killed at least 31 people. Hours later, Washington announced the first US-mediated Russia-Ukraine talks since February.
Canada, Germany, Norway and an EU loan will pay for the PAC-3 MSE missiles. Kyiv says it has been getting about 12 Patriot interceptors a month this year.
Kyiv’s count is a new monthly high and close to Zelenskyy’s 50,000 target. Ukraine now wants to double drone output to about 16 million next year, while it presses Washington over delayed interceptors.
The first Russian diesel cargo is on its way to the U.S. Analysts say it will shave a few cents off a gallon while handing Moscow cash and leverage over Ukraine’s refinery strikes.
Ukraine’s overnight strike hit an oil terminal, a VK data center and power substations around St. Petersburg in one of the war’s largest drone attacks.
Ukraine says Neptune missiles hit six Su-34 fighter-bombers parked in the open at Borisoglebsk air base. Satellite images confirm at least four destroyed.
Ukrainian drones lost their satellite link mid-flight. Reuters says the order to slow Starshield came from inside the White House. Here’s what is known and what isn’t.