Russian soldiers were snug in their sleeping bags, sleeping off a hard day of combat in a building presumably somewhere along the front line in eastern Ukraine when their slumber was interrupted. An explosive first-person-view drone operated by the elite Birds of Magyar unit slipped into the building—and struck the snoozing Russians,

Russian forces launched a mass drone attack on Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city, late on Wednesday, injuring nine people and causing considerable damage, emergency services and officials said. Emergency services,

The U.S. reached deals with Ukraine and Russia to pause their attacks over the Black Sea and against each other's energy targets, but it was not clear when and how the deals would come into force.

French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday that a proposed European armed force for possible deployment in Ukraine in tandem with an eventual peace deal could “respond” to a Russian attack if Moscow launched one.

Emmanuel Macron is convening a summit in Paris for countries that may send their troops to Ukraine. Whether his long-standing initiative will take concrete shape and how Europe can support Ukraine right now is covered in the RBC-Ukraine's article below.