By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Pentagon officials sat down with a group of European diplomats in late August and delivered a stern message: The U.S. planned to cut off some security assistance to Latvia,

A new memorandum will see Ukrainian forces training Polish troops in counter-drone tactics. It's a moment of recognition of Kyiv's growing expertise.

U.S. President Donald Trump added that he plans to visit China early next year and host Chinese leader Xi Jinping in the United States "at an appropriate time."

With little chance of NATO membership for Ukraine, the country’s Western allies have bought into an alternate strategy for helping it repel Russia: invest billions in Ukraine’s weapons industry so it can better defend itself.

Ukraine has ramped up strikes on energy sites to increase pressure on Russia, which relies on revenue from oil and gas exports.

Two Russian oil refineries were attacked on Thursday as Ukraine stepped up strikes on its enemy’s energy infrastructure.

Amid the pageantry and pomp of this week’s state visit, the war in Ukraine tested the ability of Britain’s legendary soft power to convince President Donald Trump to increase his pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Drones used for defense and attack have taken a central battlefield role in the more than three years since Russia invaded Ukraine.

It came as three Russian fighter jets entered Estonian airspace last night, a move described by the country’s foreign ministry as ‘unprecedentedly brazen’