Ukraine has deeply layered air defenses to fight Russian attacks. Gulf states might not be able to copy its strategy completely.

S OON AFTER launching his assault on Iran, Donald Trump snubbed offers of help from Ukraine. “We don’t need their help in drone defence,” Mr Trump told Fox News. “We have the best drones in the world, actually.”

According to Mezha, citing Ukraine’s Air Force, air defenses were activated overnight as a large number of drones targeted multiple regions.

Russia has unleashed a massive drone and missile barrage on civilian areas of Ukraine and is stepping up ground attacks along the front.

Ukraine has sent its interceptor drones and a team of UAV experts to protect US military bases in Jordan, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

Meanwhile, Ukraine's long-range drones hammered Russian oil facilities in the Baltic Sea on Monday night for the fifth time in just over a week, as Kyiv tries to prevent Moscow from profiting off its oil exports amid an energy crisis.

Ukraine reported a pullback in eastern Sumy Oblast, accused Russia of nearly 11,000 Easter ceasefire violations, and got a sharper signal from Hungary's new leadership on support for Kyiv.