Vladmir Putin demanded that Ukraine surrender key territory in a call with US president Donald Trump earlier this week, according to reports.The Russian president wants Kyiv to give up Donetsk, a key military objective in eastern Ukraine that has been fiercely defended throughout the conflict,

Germany plans to send more than $2 billion in military aid to Ukraine amid concerns about dwindling Western support.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said that more than half of the alliance's 32 members have pledged to fund US arms shipments to Ukraine. "Today, we heard from ally after ally about new contributions,

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned Moscow on Wednesday that the United States and its allies would "impose costs on Russia for its continued aggression" if the war in Ukraine does not come to an end.

United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said “firepower” is coming to Ukraine through European nations’ purchases of US weapons, but whether that includes American-made Tomahawk missiles is still not clear.

The US could deliver spare military capability to Ukraine to help the war-battered nation bolster its battlefield position against Russia and bring President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table, a senior American diplomat said.

The defense secretary said NATO commitments to Kyiv "will soon translate into capabilities" but didn't directly mention Tomahawks sought by Ukraine.

Addressing a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group convened by the United Kingdom and Germany at Nato headquarters, Hegseth emphasised Washington’s commitment to holding Moscow accountable

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian government delegation has met with prominent American weapons manufacturers during a U.S. visit, a senior Kyiv official said Wednesday, before President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s meeting with U.S. counterpart Donald Trump at the White House later this week.

The blast at the facility in Bucksnort, killed 16 and destroyed the factory, along with explosives used by for the Army and Navy.