Military aid to Ukraine will be cut in the Trump administration’s forthcoming defence budget, the US defence secretary has said – the latest sign of Washington’s waning support for Kyiv’s war effort.

Russia returned 1,212 Ukrainian soldiers' bodies amid ongoing peace negotiations. While both nations are engaged in prisoner exchanges, significant progress toward ending the conflict remains elusive,

One of the hardest-hit areas was the city of Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine, where 17 attack drones struck two residential districts, Mayor Ihor Terekhov said. Emergency crews, municipal workers and volunteers worked through the night to extinguish fires, rescue residents from burning homes, and restore gas, electricity and water services.

It was already hard to imagine a breakthrough emerging from the direct talks between Russia and Ukraine set to be renewed in Istanbul on Monday.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Defense Minister Rustem Umerov would sit down with Russian officials at the second round of peace talks on Monday.

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The Russian Ministry of Defense said soldiers have advanced into the Dnipropetrovsk region in south-central Ukraine.