LONDON (Reuters) -Ukraine is pushing European allies to take a political decision to release a proposed $163-billion loan based on frozen Russian state assets next month, as it frets over a gaping hole in the 2026 budget and fallout from an unfolding corruption scandal

Army officials have made a rare wartime visit to Kyiv by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, arriving on an unannounced trip for talks with Ukraine's leaders in an attempt to revive stalled peace talks with Russia, Politico reported on Wednesday

KHARKIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -Russian drones struck apartment buildings in Ukraine's second largest city, Kharkiv, injuring 32 people, including two children, sparking fires and forcing dozens of residents to flee their homes, regional officials said

International efforts to bring a negotiated end to the war have crumbled, with Putin showing no willingness to order a ceasefire or enter peace talks.

(Reuters) -The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of Patriot air defense system sustainment and related equipment to Ukraine for an estimated cost of $105 million, the Pentagon said on Tuesday

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Rheinmetall forecast a surge in sales over the next five years, boosted by high demand for its weapons systems amid geopolitical tensions and war in Ukraine.

DNIPRO, Ukraine (Reuters) -Russian drones damaged a building housing the Dnipro newsroom of public broadcaster Suspilne and Ukrainian Radio Dnipro in a major overnight attack on the city, Suspilne said early on Tuesday

While visiting the site Monday, Polish prime minister Donald Tusk said the incident had taken place on a line that is vital for delivering aid to Ukraine.

President Volodymyr Zelensky hails a "historic" deal aimed at boosting Ukraine's defences against deadly Russian air attacks.

Authorities say the blast happened on a line leading to the border with Ukraine.

Vital supplies are due to start flowing from the Balkans as energy infrastructure faces sustained Russian attack.

Ukraine is working to resume prisoner exchanges with Russia that could bring home 1,200 Ukrainian prisoners, as per agreements brokered in Istanbul.

(Reuters) -Ukraine is working to resume the exchange of prisoners with Russia, hoping for the release of 1,200 Ukrainians, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and his Security Council chief said

With drones centre stage in Ukraine, military firms around the globe are ramping up their production.

Six people are killed in Kyiv, and Ukraine targets one of Russia's biggest oil ports on the Black Sea coast.

A heavy overnight missileanddrone barrage struck Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities late Thursday into Friday, igniting fires in residential areas, damaging energy facilities, and prompting rolling blackouts.

Russian recruitment networks are targeting Kenyans with fake job offers, authorities say

Almost four years of conflict have taken their toll and the war of attrition is continuing on the homefront - but many Ukrainians are fighting to keep morale high.

The Russian attacks have brought rolling blackouts to Ukraine as winter approaches and U.S.-led diplomatic efforts remain at a standstill.

(Reuters) -Russia imposed entry bars on Tuesday on 30 Japanese individuals, including a foreign ministry official, in response to sanctions introduced by Tokyo as part of moves to denounce Moscow's actions in its more than three-year-old war in Ukraine

KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine and Russia issued conflicting accounts on Monday of fighting around Myrnohrad, an embattled town to the east of Pokrovsk which Moscow's forces have enveloped from almost all sides

The Privy Council Office said Freeland will advise the government on Ukraine's economic reconstruction and the effort to bring home thousands of abducted Ukrainian children.

Overnight, 25 locations including Kyiv were hit, leaving many areas without electricity and heating.

It is unclear whether the citizens were fighting on behalf of Russia or Ukraine.

The battle for this strategic point on a big road and rail artery in the Donetsk region has been going on for well over a year.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Ukraine is showing "remarkable commitment" to joining the EU, but must reverse recent negative trends in the fight against corruption and accelerate rule of law reforms, the European Commission said in a draft text seen by Reuters on Monday

KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine will set up offices for arms exports and joint weapons production in Berlin and Copenhagen this year, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday

MOSCOW/KYIV (Reuters) -Russia said on Monday its troops had advanced in the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, a transport and logistics hub that they have been trying to capture for over a year, but Ukraine said its forces were holding on

(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that, for now, he is not considering a deal that would allow Ukraine to obtain long-range Tomahawk missiles for use against Russia

Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone tells the BBC the Russia-Ukraine war is bogged down, and it is "almost time to sit and talk".

(Reuters) -Nearly 60,000 people were deprived of power supply after Russia's overnight air attack on Ukraine's frontline region of Zaporizhzhia, while two people were killed in the southern region of Odesa, Ukrainian authorities said on Sunday

Oleksandr Syrskyi denies Russian reports that Ukrainian troops are surrounded in the eastern town of Pokrovsk.

KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine landed special forces to fight in embattled parts of the eastern city of Pokrovsk earlier this week, just as Russia said it had surrounded Kyiv's forces in the area, two Ukrainian military sources said on Friday

Russia was banned from various cultural and sporting events after it launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

LONDON (Reuters) -Russia has in recent months attacked Ukraine with a cruise missile whose secret development prompted Donald Trump to abandon a nuclear arms control pact with Moscow in his first term as U.S

(Reuters) -The United States has cancelled a planned Budapest summit between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin following Russia's firm stance on hardline demands regarding Ukraine, the Financial Times reported on Friday

(Reuters) -Ukraine sent drones towards Moscow for the third consecutive night and targeted several other Russian regions, disrupting air traffic throughout the country and threatening an industrial plant in Russia's south, Russian authorities said on Wednesday

Ukraine's president confirms Russian soldiers have taken up position inside the town of Pokrovsk.

(Reuters) -Ukraine targeted Moscow with drone attacks for the second night in row, the Russian defence ministry and Moscow's mayor said on Tuesday

KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine is rushing to strengthen its positions in the strategic eastern transport hub of Pokrovsk as about 200 Russian troops have infiltrated the city in small groups, Kyiv's military said on Monday

A large gulf remains between the US and European view of how to end the Ukraine war.

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian air defences shot down dozens of Ukrainian drones heading to Moscow and downed nearly 160 more over other regions in attacks that killed at least one and injured five others, Russian officials said on Monday

(Reuters) -Slovakia will not take part in any European Union programme aimed at financing military help for Ukraine in its fight against Russia's invasion, Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Sunday

(Reuters) -Three people were killed and 29 injured, including six children, in a Russian overnight air attack on Kyiv that destroyed two high-rise apartment buildings, Ukrainian officials said on Sunday

The story of a dramatic and heroic rescue that has captured the public imagination in Ukraine.

Struggling to broker a peace deal in Ukraine, Trump hopes Xi Jinping could influence Vladimir Putin.

KYIV (Reuters) -One person was killed and 10 others were injured in the capital Kyiv after Russian missiles and drones hit sites in Ukraine overnight, the head of the Kyiv city military administration said on Saturday

Ringleader Dylan Earl, 21, was recruited by Russian mercenary group Wagner to attack a London warehouse sending aid to Ukraine

A "coalition of the willing" meeting in London seeks to increase pressure on Russia to end its war in Ukraine.

Conservatives say the contract's cancellation risks making Canada appear as an unreliable ally to Ukraine and undermines commitments to bolstering the domestic defence industry.

The prime minister is hosting Zelensky and the "coalition of the willing" at Downing Street on Friday

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain on Friday called for a raft of measures against Russia to strengthen Ukraine's hand ahead of any future peace talks, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy heads to London for discussions with key allies

Leaders pushed back a decision on Moscow's assets until December after Belgium raised concerns.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -EU leaders agreed on Thursday to meet Ukraine's pressing financial needs for the next two years but stopped short of explicitly endorsing the use of Russian frozen assets to give Kyiv a large loan, after concerns were raised by Belgium

The BBC's Russia editor says Trump's decision to call off his Putin talks and impose oil sanctions will not go down well in Moscow.

The U.S. and EU have had tricky relations this year, with differences over support for Ukraine and trade tariffs creating tensions.

Ukraine says the attacks are a direct retaliation to Russia's frequent strikes on Ukrainian cities.

The US has announced new sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil, Russia's two largest oil companies over continued fighting in Ukraine.

The sanctions against Rosneft and Lukoil and dozens of subsidiaries come after months of bipartisan pressure on Trump to hit Russia with harder sanctions on its oil industry.

The drone and missile attacks on Ukraine came as the US president put on hold his plans for an imminent summit in Budapest.

The attack on the Bryansk facility came hours before Russian attacks left six people dead in Ukraine, officials said.

KYIV (Reuters) -Russian missile and drone attacks on Ukraine killed six people, including two children, and forced power outages nationwide, officials said on Wednesday, as plans for a summit of Russian and U.S

The leaders' cancelled summit is just the latest twist in Trump's efforts to broker an end to the war, writes Anthony Zurcher

(Reuters) -Ukraine's military said on Tuesday its forces had struck an important chemical plant in southern Russia's Bryansk region

The comments by the US president come after plans to meet his Russian counterpart over the war in Ukraine were put on hold.