President Donald Trump told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday the U.S. will give Ukraine a license to produce Patriot air defense systems.
As new tensions rise between Russia and NATO powers, Moscow's foreign minister insisted to world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly Saturday that his nation doesn't intend to attack Europe but will mount a "decisive response" to any aggression.
President Trump said he believes the Russia-Ukraine war would end if all NATO countries stopped buying oil from Russia and placed tariffs on China of 50% to 100% for its purchases of Russian petroleum.
The repeated incursions have prompted questions all along NATO's eastern flank as to how allies should handle the threat of Russia's long-range strike capabilities, which are continuously evolving with deadly effect during Moscow's war in Ukraine.
Two German fighter jets were scrambled to the Romanian-Ukrainian border on Tuesday night in response to a Russian drone attack in the frontier region.
Russian President Vladimir Putin's continued refusal to accept a ceasefire is "complicating" efforts to reach a peace deal, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.