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5+ hour, 27+ min ago  (991+ words) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has made a direct appeal to United States President Donald Trump and the US Congress, warning that his country is in dire need of additional Patriot missile systems because Russia is increasing ballistic missile attacks on…...

11+ hour, 2+ min ago  (1851+ words) When German Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz wrote to the EU leadership to propose a special path for Ukraine towards EU accession (and a new status for Ukraine which Merz dubbed "associate membership"), the letter triggered a reaction in Kyiv that…...

13+ min ago  (491+ words) Ukrainian forces have regained at least 46 square kilometers of territory on the Oleksandrivka sector, military monitoring group Deep State reported. The advance follows a series of successful Ukrainian counterattacks in 2026 that analysts have linked to intensified drone warfare and disruptions…...

24+ min ago  (283+ words) Friday, 29 May 2026, 17: 53 Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar said this during a joint press conference with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels on Friday, Ukrinform reports. Magyar said he had informed von der Leyen that talks were already…...

1+ hour, 19+ min ago  (464+ words) Dmitry Medvedev, Russia's former president and now the country's deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, mocked European leaders and told EU countries to "shut up" after a Russian drone struck a residential building in Romania on Friday, May 29. Medvedev is…...

53+ min ago  (338+ words) Petro Poroshenko said his meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday focused on ending the war and achieving peace. The talks were part of Zelensky's separate meetings with parliamentary faction leaders, amid long-standing political rivalry between the two figures. Former…...

1+ hour, 31+ min ago  (338+ words) Friday, 29 May 2026, 17: 13 That is according to a letter from Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov obtained by the Financial Times, Ukrinform reports. The letter indicates that in February, Russia's Finance Ministry estimated that war-related overspending of 2 trillion rubles could rise to…...

1+ hour, 9+ min ago  (272+ words) Friday, 29 May 2026, 17: 13 He reported this on Facebook following a working trip, Ukrinform reports. "The Sloviansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration remains one of the key and hottest sectors of the frontline. This is where the enemy concentrates its main efforts and continues attempts to…...

1+ hour, 56+ min ago  (255+ words) Friday, 29 May 2026, 17: 13 Colonel Vladyslav Voloshyn, spokesperson for Ukraine's Southern Defense Forces, said this in comments to Ukrinform. According to the spokesperson, the situation in this section of the front remains difficult, as Russian forces are heavily using aviation and guided…...

1+ hour, 10+ min ago  (377+ words) Advisor to the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Serhiy "Flash" Beskrestnov has said the readiness of the Ukrainian army to repel an attack from Belarus, while simultaneously noting that he does not observe the readiness of the enemy itself for…...