In their consultations with Ukrainian military leaders, NATO officials discussed Ukraine’s battlefield needs—and the ways they could protect their own nations from Russian “hybrid war” operations.

Russian air defenses intercepted nearly 900 Ukrainian drones overnight over multiple regions of the country, as well as the occupied Crimean Peninsula and the Sea of Azov, the Defense Ministry in Moscow said Tuesday.

Moscow says its capture of the region is inevitable. But Kyiv has so far stymied Russian efforts to encircle Ukrainian “fortress belt” cities.

Russia has hit two bridges in Kyiv in its war against Ukraine, threatening vital infrastructure in the capital city. The city closed 5 of 6 bridges.

A Russian drone has struck a school in Kyiv as the Ukrainian capital endured another day of relentless aerial attacks in the 4 1/2-year-old full-scale invasion by Moscow.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz made a surprise visit to Kyiv on Sunday. Accompanied by Economy Minister Katherina Reiche and representatives of German defence and energy companies, he aims to pledge further military and financial support for Ukraine.

Emergency power outages have been introduced in Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast following Russian attacks on the orders of Ukrenergo, Ukraine's national energy company.

Kyiv came under another intense Russian missile and drone attack on October 7, with explosions lighting up the night sky and thick smoke rising across the Ukrainian capital. Two people were killed after an air strike sparked a fire at a garage cooperative,