The Latest Breaking News from Kharkiv

Russia fired 300 drones, 18 ballistic missiles and seven crise missiles at Ukraine, killing at least four people and injuring a dozen others.

For first time, Steve Witkoff says US president Donald Trump strongly stands behind security protocols

Zelensky says is ‘10 per cent’ away from deal to end war with Russia but not ‘at any cost’

People torn between craving for peace as conditions worsen and desire to hold strong against Russian military and US

The Ukrainian president published a video Friday from Kupyansk in Kharkiv region, visiting Ukrainian positions less than 2 kilometres away from Russian troops and well within the range of Moscow’s drones and artillery.

Recent incursions into NATO territory and manpower shortages faced by the Ukrainian armed forces have accelerated advances in drone technology. No longer just complementary to traditional warfare, they are a necessity on the frontline against Russia – and increasingly on Europe’s eastern flank.

Seventeen wounded in ‘massive strike’; US-Ukraine statement announces ‘refined peace framework’. What we know on day 1,370

Russian drones struck the Kharkiv region for a third night in a row, and also targeted the western cities of Lviv and Ternopil, prompting Poland to close two airports and deploy jets to secure Polish airspace.

Ukrainian commander says Russian soldiers breaking rules of war in key strategic city