By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Pentagon officials sat down with a group of European diplomats in late August and delivered a stern message: The U.S. planned to cut off some security assistance to Latvia,

Russia launched over 600 drones and missiles towards nine regions across Ukraine. Meanwhile, Kyiv struck two Russian oil refineries, as part of its wider campaign against Russian oil and gas.View on e

Ukrainian drone strikes triggered explosions at two oil refineries in the Volga region on Saturday, Ukraine’s General Staff said, the latest in a series of targeted attacks on oil infrastructure deep within Russia.

A Ukrainian drone strike in Russia's Samara region resulted in the deaths of four people and injured one, according to the local Governor. This attack

With little chance of NATO membership for Ukraine, the country’s Western allies have bought into an alternate strategy for helping it repel Russia: invest billions in Ukraine’s weapons industry so it can better defend itself.

Ukraine has ramped up strikes on energy sites to increase pressure on Russia, which relies on revenue from oil and gas exports.

It comes as Trump's Ukraine envoy Keith Kellogg has said that Putin would fold in a game of nuclear poker, and that Putin’s aggressive brags of being a strong nuclear power must be confronted.

Ukraine expects to have a $3.5 billion fund by next month to buy weapons from the U.S. and sustain its fight against Russia's invasion.

It's a sign that Kyiv is pressing on with FPV interceptors to fight the Geran-3, which is said to fly twice as fast as today's Shaheds.