Russia and Ukraine struck each other with hundreds of drones, throwing Russian air travel in disarray, shortly after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced deals with Western partners that would allow Kyiv to scale up drone production.

The facility in southwest Russia struck by Ukraine’s special forces is the “home base” of the Russian military’s Su-34, Su-35S and Su-30SM fighter jets, the Ukrainian General Staff said on Saturday, July 5.

British Foreign Secretary David Lammy met in Damascus on Saturday with Syria’s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa to discuss boosting cooperation, after the U.K. began lifting sanctions against Syria.

Waves of drones and missiles targeted Kyiv overnight in the largest aerial assault since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began more than three years ago, officials said Friday, amid a renewed Russian push to capture more of its neighbor’s land.

The European Union’s top officials will travel to Moldova’s capital on Friday for a key bilateral summit to strengthen ties months before the EU candidate member holds a pivotal parliamentary election.

The U.S. move affects high-demand munitions that are difficult or impossible to replace, including Patriot missiles, the AIM-7 Sparrow air-to-air missile and shorter-range Stinger missiles. 

A Ukrainian strike killed a decorated Russian naval commander in Russia’s Kursk region, officials said Thursday, the latest high-ranking general killed by Ukraine since the war began.

The Army will save almost $5 million annually by cutting a program that for decades has provided mental health services to children of U.S. military and civilian families based overseas, where such support is already limited.

The Trump administration will hold back delivering to Ukraine some air defense missiles, precision-guided artillery and other weapons as part of its announced pause to some arms shipments amid U.S. concerns that its own stockpiles have declined too much, officials said.

An emboldened Russia has ramped up military offensives on two fronts in Ukraine, scattering Kyiv’s precious reserve troops and threatening to expand the fighting to a new Ukrainian region as each side seeks an advantage before the fighting season wanes in the autumn.