U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has arrived in Kyiv on an unannounced visit. His trip comes hours after a Russian drone attack on the Ukrainian capital and as Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pushes Western partners to keep providing military support for the war.

The trip comes just two weeks before an election that could determine whether the United States continues its campaign of massive military support.

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has helped bolster Ukraine’s fight against Russia but has argued for limiting military aid.

If Ukraine takes risks and fights hard with its Western weapons, that could mean most of them don't survive the war, and that's okay, experts said.

Russia wants the BRICS summit to showcase the rising clout of the non-Western world, but Moscow's partners from China, India, Brazil and the Arab world are urging President Vladimir Putin to find a way to end the war in Ukraine.

Russian air defenses shot down more than 100 Ukrainian drones Sunday over Russia’s western regions, Moscow officials said, while 17 people were injured in the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih in a ballistic missile attack.

Ukrainian service personnel use searchlight as they search for drones in the sky over the city centre during a Russian drone strike, in Kyiv, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, October 20, 2024. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich (Reuters) - Russia launched several waves of drones targeting Kyiv for the second night in a row,

Russia attacked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv with several waves of drones for the second night in a row, damaging residential buildings and injuring at least one civilian, Ukrainian officials said on Monday.