Many of the drones aren’t particularly fast or high-tech, but they are cheap enough for the Kremlin to launch more than 700 in one night, in an effort to overwhelm Ukraine’s air defenses. Here’s what we know.

Two German fighter jets were scrambled to the Romanian-Ukrainian border on Tuesday night in response to a Russian drone attack in the frontier region.

NATO aircraft scrambled from Romania following a large-scale Russian attack on across Ukraine overnight, including in the Odesa region near Danube River border with allied nation.

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In the most detailed Russian-based reporting to date on Putin's offer at the Alaska summit, Reuters was able to outline the contours of what the Kremlin would like to see in a possible peace deal.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -NATO allies and Ukraine are working together to make sure security guarantees for Ukraine are at such a robust level that Russia will never try to attack again, NATO chief Mark Rutte said on Friday, adding that Europe and the United States would be involved in providing them.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the United States has shown readiness to take part in providing security guarantees for Ukraine — calling it a historic first step. Speaking alongside NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in Kyiv,

Open-source researchers at the investigative project Tochnyi, which says it "aims to accurately report" on the Russia-Ukraine war, said the potential spying facility is in the Kaliningrad region—the Russian semi-exclave sandwiched between NATO members Poland and Lithuania. They report it began taking shape in March 2023 and is almost finished.

The BBC examines the situation on the ground in Ukraine.