Euromaidan Press Staff

Former CIA Director David Petraeus warned Lithuania faces the highest Russian invasion risk among NATO members if Moscow succeeds in Ukraine, as European officials abandon hope for US backing under Trump and shift to independent long-term military support

Istanbul's peace talks are Monday and becoming a pressure cooker. Russia won't submit terms, America threatens oil tariffs, and Ukraine just hit a Russian base 6,000 km away.

North Korea has supplied Russia with over 9 million rounds of ammunition and 100 ballistic missiles since 2023.

Russia is building power lines to connect the occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant to its grid, potentially making it the first nuclear facility operated by an occupying force for another country's energy needs. Meanwhile, Russia delayed delivering a promised ceasefire memorandum despite ongoing peace negotiations and President Trump expressed doubt about Putin's genuine desire to end the war.

The US president said Putin "has gone crazy" and kills a lot of people "needlessly," while 355 Russian drones targeted Ukrainian territory in the third consecutive night of massive attacks. Chancellor Friedrich Merz also declared that Ukraine is now free to strike deep inside Russia with Western long-range weapons.

Meanwhile, intelligence reports reveal China provides 80% of critical electronics for Russian military drones.

Russia hit Kyiv with missiles and drones, then handed over 307 Ukrainian prisoners on day two of a high-profile swap.

Meanwhile, Moscow reveals true war aims for "unified state" as Ukraine's drone strikes hit deep into Russian territory.

Meanwhile, Poland's far-right parties have doubled their political power by weaponizing Ukrainian refugees as a wedge issue against the government's support for Kyiv.

They said they crossed into Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. Ukraine says they never made it back.

Meanwhile, two Ukrainian intelligence officers with prosthetic limbs successfully reached Everest base camp to raise funds for phantom pain treatment.

Ukraine's Security Service successfully dismantled a Russian Black Sea surveillance radar station with a combination of aerial and maritime drones.

Trump is set to speak with Putin on Monday before calling Zelenskyy — a sequence watched closely in Kyiv.

Meanwhile, Ukraine has identified a critical vulnerability in Russian oil refineries—a small German-made component that could cripple Putin's $189 billion war machine.