But drop in drone strikes during Trump envoy’s visit to Kyiv shows Russia is ‘afraid of America’, Zelenskiy says

The latest bombardment in Russia’s escalating aerial campaign against civilian areas came ahead of a Sept. 2 deadline set by President Trump for the Kremlin to reach a peace deal in the three-year war,

European ministers failed to approve tough Russia sanctions while being pressed to pay for American arms that Trump takes credit for providing.

Putin invaded Ukraine just over 13 months into Biden's White House term. Between February 24, 2022, and January 20, 2025, the U.S. became the world's biggest supplier of weapons and aid for Ukraine's fight, pledging over $175 billion in support.

Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski has commented on a US-NATO agreement to supply US weapons to Ukraine. Source: Sikorski following a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels on Tuesday, as reported by European Pravda,

Kyivstar, Ukraine’s largest mobile operator, started testing a service that would deliver internet from satellites to cellphones. View on euronews

The European Parliament believes the European Commission should open clusters in accession talks with Ukraine to advance the country’s EU membership bid as quickly as possible. — Ukrinform.

This week marked a possible pivot by President Donald Trump regarding Russia's ongoing full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Ukraine will become the first European nation to offer Starlink mobile services when leading operator Kyivstar launches messaging by year-end and mobile satellite broadband in mid-2026, Chief Executive Oleksandr Komarov said.

As President Donald Trump hardens his position toward Moscow and seeks new ways to bring the conflict to an end, he is leaving open the prospect of allowing shipments of longer-range missiles to the country that would allow it to strike deeper into Russia,