Russia is open to peace with Ukraine, but achieving “our goals” remains a priority, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Sunday, days after U.S. President Donald Trump gave Moscow a 50-day deadline to agree to a ceasefire or face tougher sanctions.

Russia is making a summer push to break through the 1,000-km front line with drones and missiles hammering Ukrainian cities more than at any time in the past three years. View on euronews

Shahed-style drones are deadly systems that Russia has been using to strike Ukrainian cities for nearly three years.

The US and Ukraine are discussing a “mega deal” for Washington to purchase battle-tested drones from eastern Europe in exchange for American heavy weaponry.

Ukrainian special forces have once again taken out Russian S-300V systems with pinpoint accuracy—this time zeroing in on the Donetsk region. After previously disabling key Russian air defense networks in Crimea,

Russia now controls more than two-thirds of Ukraine’s Donetsk region — the main theater of the ground war. Russian forces have carved out a 10-mile-deep pocket around the Ukrainian troops defending the crucial city of Kostiantynivka, partly surrounding them from the east, south and west.

In a forest in the Kyiv region, 35-year-old engineer Andriy Tchornim takes shelter under the trunk of a navy blue 4x4. Eyes locked on the screen of his joystick, he pays no attention to the torrential rain lashing his face in heavy gusts.

In Chuhuiv, Kharkiv region, environmental pollution with petroleum products was recorded following an attack by Russian drones on a local oil depot, according to the Facebook page of the Main Department of the State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection in the Kharkiv region.