Hungary's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto on Thursday said the European Union should stop sending money to the Ukrainian government after corruption reports.

The U.S. Army’s top two leaders will arrive in Ukraine this week for unannounced high-level talks expected to focus on boosting efforts to negotiate an end to the country’s war with Russia.

This article was originally published by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and is reprinted with permission. Ukrainian authorities met with top Pentagon

Rewind: Kyiv fired short-range ATACMS in late 2023 and longer-ranged ones in 2024, The War Zone reminds us, but the Trump White House had restricted their use until September. TWZ also rounded up what’s publicly known about Ukraine’s inventory of these missiles, here .

"Hungary is one of the few real full and unconditional supporters of President Trump's peace efforts," Minister János Bóka said.

Ukraine and Russia have carried out a new exchange of bodies of dead soldiers, Ukrainian officials and Russian state media said on Thursday.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine have denied claims by Russian President Vladimir Putin about the alleged "encirclement of 15 battalions" in Kupiansk, as well as statements by Russian General Valery Gerasimov regarding the occupation of the town in the Kharkiv region,

The Russian army claimed on Thursday to have again captured the Ukrainian city of Kupiansk, a key bastion for Kyiv in the eastern Kharkiv region where Russia's soldiers have been steadily advancing. Kyiv had retaken the eastern railway hub in September months after it fell to Moscow's troops on the first day of the 2022 invasion,