Police officers attend a tactical military training course for police inspectors, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine June 4, 2026. (REUTERS) That time may come, but not yet. The more urgent question for Europe concerns its relationship with a country that has transformed itself from a ward of the West into a crucial security partner.

One of the clearer lessons from the ongoing war in Ukraine is that there is probably no single weapon or weapon system from the West that can fundamentally change the battlefield dynamic on its own. Nearly all the previously hyped wonder weapons or anticipated silver bullets have run into the reality that Ukraine and Russia

Russian missile, drone strikes kill at least 22 people across Ukraine, authorities say, after President Zelenskyy warned Moscow was planning a "massive new strike."

A naval drone exploded near an oil terminal in the Romanian Black Sea port of Constanta on Friday morning, causing no injuries. The Russian embassy in Bucharest claimed the device was Ukrainian. DW has more.

Ukraine unleashed a massive drone blitz on Russia’s largest fuel export hub in St. Petersburg Wednesday morning – sending a stinging blow to Vladimir Putin as he kicks off his ritzy annual economic forum.

A deal is taking shape for the U.S. and Ukraine to jointly develop and build weapons that have been at the forefront of the wars in both Ukraine and Iran.

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kremlin says French seizure of tanker ‘bordering on piracy’ as it vows response - Lukashenko says he knows the Ukrainian military 'does not want any war with Belarus'

This weekly update from the Kyiv Independent aims to shed light on the situation facing Ukrainians living under Russian occupation and the ever-tightening control of information imposed by the Kremlin.