Kyiv has pitched Washington on ways it could help the US replace Russia in oil sales to Europe — as President Trump pushes the continent to divest from Moscow’s energy sector to end

Ukraine has warned American weapon shipments could be delayed in reaching the battlefield because of the US government shutdown.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned the United States that supplies of long-range missiles to Ukraine will seriously damage relations between Moscow and Washington but will not change the situation on the battlefield.

As Donald Trump is set to decide whether to send long-range missiles to Ukraine, The Independent takes a look at which countries are the key military backers behind war in Europe

Ukraine is responding by sending its own drones to hit Russian energy and oil facilities, and Zelenskiy indicated he might have other ideas. "It's pointless to expect Russia to take conciliatory steps towards Ukraine. Accordingly, Ukraine should take appropriate steps towards Russia," he said.

Dozens were injured in a “savage” Russian drone strike Saturday on a Ukrainian railway station, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, as Moscow stepped up strikes on Ukraine's rail and power grids ahead of the fourth winter since its all-out invasion.

While Ukraine is losing more ground to Russia they soon could have more weapons in their arsenal to reach targets in Moscow. That could include a deal with the U.S. to obtain Tomahawk missiles. While that is not a done deal,

Russia carried out its “biggest attack yet” on Ukrainian gas facilities yesterday, Ukraine’s largest national oil and gas company claimed. Naftogaz said Russian forces had launched the largest strike on its gas production facilities since the invasion in 2022,