European leaders want to build on President Trump’s sanctions on Russia with new commitments of financial and military support for Kyiv.

The European Union is close to finalizing a plan that would use $245 billion in frozen Russian assets to help finance Ukraine's defense efforts during the ongoing war.

At least six people were killed and dozens more injured in overnight Russian missile and drone attacks across Ukraine. Ukraine’s energy minister said the strikes were part of a “massive combined overnight attack” aimed at crippling the country’s energy infrastructure before winter.

Squeezed by President Donald Trump and taxpayers, E.U. leaders are weighing a plan to tap into some $200 billion in frozen Russian assets to give Ukraine cash.

The gas infrastructures in Poltava and other Ukrainian regions have been targeted by several Russian attacks this fall, forcing Ukraine to increase gas imports for the winter. Russia carried out a massive attack early this morning targeting gas infrastructures in various regions of Ukraine.

The European Union put off until December a decision on whether to tap frozen Russian central bank assets to aid Ukraine, threatening an effort get Ukraine fresh funding by early 2026.