NATO warplanes roared into the skies over Eastern Europe after Vladimir Putin unleashed one of the most savage overnight bombardments of Ukraine this year. The brutal show of defiance came just as

Ukraine's Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal held a meeting in Kyiv with NATO Senior Representative to Ukraine Patrick Turner and Lieutenant General Curtis Buzzard, Commander of NSATU and SAG-U, according to Shmyhal's post.

Matthew Whitaker, US Ambassador to NATO, has said that the PURL initiative for purchasing American weapons for Ukraine could raise another US$2 billion by the end of 2025. Details: Whitaker said "the commitments are rolling forward" under the PURL mechanism.

Locally manufactured armored vehicles are proving more effective for some Ukrainian units than their Western-built counterparts, a report says.

This article was originally published by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and is reprinted with permission. Former NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg says the

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte says pressure and sanctions are changing Vladimir Putin's calculus as Russia deals with heavy military losses in Ukraine as the war continues.

Russian strikes on Ukraine overnight killed one person, wounded 17 and caused emergency power outages across the country, Ukrainian authorities said Thursday.In south-eastern Zaporizhzhia the regional military administration chief said one person was killed and 17 were wounded,