The Latest Breaking News from Kyiv

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen says Russia could pose a security threat to the European Union by the end of the decade and that defense industries in Europe and Ukraine must be ramped up

US president says ‘a lot of bullshit is thrown at us’ by Putin, as Ukrainian officials say number of missiles is ‘minuscule’

Former top commander says frontline between Ukraine and Russia ‘exists mainly for killing’

Married couple die in Russian strike against Kostyantynivka; Ukraine on agenda as Macron makes state visit to UK. What we know on day 1,230

Russian military reportedly targeted residential areas and social and key infrastructure in several oblast communities, according to the Ukrainian authorities.

Dicey diplomacy in action.

IAEA chief says electricity restored after 3½ hours as Ukraine blames Russian shelling for outage; Kyiv accuses Putin of ‘humiliating’ Trump with attack on capital. What we know on day 1,228

The Russian military is increasingly using banned chemical weapons like chloropicrin in Ukraine, forcing soldiers into the open. Dutch and German intelligence agencies revealed this, urging sanctions and support for Kyiv.

Kyiv was targeted with waves of drone and missile attacks overnight into Friday in the largest aerial assault since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began more than three years ago, officials said, amid a renewed Russian push to capture more of its neighbor’s land.