Russia still has many air defenses, and experience it gained against Ukraine actually makes them a bigger threat to NATO aircraft than before 2022.

Ukraine’s goal is to make the war futile for Russia by minimizing territorial losses, pushing Russian casualties higher than the numbers Moscow can recruit, and increasing the economic costs such that the war is unsustainable.

The latest round of talks ended with no indication of progress, but negotiators are bargaining over who will control land in eastern Ukraine if they reach a settlement.

Russian 'mothership' drones prompt Ukraine to weigh passport requirement for SIM card sales * Explosion at Ukrainian military enlistment office declared terrorist

The pictures show a shot-down Russian Shahed drone and a much-smaller Ukrainian interceptor.

In recent months, North Korea has intensified propaganda glorifying troops deployed to fight in Russia’s war against Ukraine, which analysts see as an effort to bolster internal unity and curb potential public discontent.

A burned, twisted train car from a deadly Russian drone strike is set to arrive in Kyiv as a stark symbol of four years of war.

The latest U.S.-brokered talks between envoys from Moscow and Kyiv over Russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine have ended with no sign of a breakthrough.