U.S. President Donald Trump gave a 50-day ultimatum to Russia to end the war in Ukraine, promising to impose harsh sanctions otherwise. Experts who spoke with the Kyiv Independent, however, say that Russia can take advantage of the once again extended deadline and scale up its summer offensive,

Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed that its air defenses had shot down around 122 Ukrainian drones overnight as both countries turn increasingly to aerial assaults, with peace talks between Ukraine and