Russia launched a barrage of drones and ballistic missiles across broad swaths of Ukraine early Friday, killing at least four people and injuring dozens of others, days after Kyiv launched a daring raid on Moscow’s fleet of strategic bombers.

Europe is capable of sustaining Ukraine's resistance against Russia, even if the United States were to decide to completely halt its military support to Kyiv, the senior military official in charge of coordinating Germany's arms supplies told Reuters.

US President Trump suggested letting Russia and Ukraine fight for a while before intervening, comparing the conflict to children fighting in a park.

Zhao noted that both Russia and Ukraine remain open to negotiations, with a potential third round of talks expected by late June. However, military confrontation still takes precedence over diplomacy, and deep divisions over core interests will make future negotiations increasingly difficult.

I’ll repeat what we have said there before, (which) is that third countries like North Korea that have perpetrated the Russia-Ukraine war bear responsibility,’ says State Department spokesperson - Ana

North Korea will "unconditionally" support Russia, including with its operations in Ukraine, leader Kim Jong Un said on Wednesday.

Russia asked the U.N. nuclear watchdog on Friday to mediate between Moscow and Washington to resolve the question of what to do with U.S. nuclear fuel stored at a Ukrainian power plant controlled by Russian forces.

Officials say Ukraine was under an ongoing Russian ballistic missile and drone attack early Friday that wounded at least three people