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Hungary says Ukraine’s Zelenskiy ‘losing his mind’ after drone comment

KYIV (Reuters) -Reconnaissance drones that violated Ukraine’s airspace could have flown from Hungary to check the industrial potential of western border areas, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday, prompting a mocking rebuke from Budapest. “President Zelenskiy is losing his mind to his anti-Hungarian obsession. He’s now starting to see things that aren’t there,” Hungarian …

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Zelenskiy, Ukraine’s military chief say Russia’s 2025 offensives have failed

By Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and his top military commander said on Friday that Russian offensives had failed to meet their goals and Moscow was suffering heavy losses on the battlefield. Zelenskiy, speaking in his nightly video address, said Ukrainian forces had inflicted heavy casualties on Russian troops in a counter-offensive …

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Netanyahu condemns support for Palestinian state at UN after scores walk out

By Doyinsola Oladipo and Matt Spetalnick UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sharply denounced Western countries on Friday for embracing Palestinian statehood, accusing them of sending the message that “murdering Jews pays off.” Speaking at the U.N. General Assembly, the Israeli leader pushed back in his harshest terms yet against a flurry of …

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Ukraine says Russia drone incursion part of pressure plan against West

By Tom Balmforth UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Russia deliberately flew drones into the airspace of NATO member Poland this month to test the alliance’s response, stoke fatigue in member states with its war on Ukraine and step up pressure on the West, the Ukrainian military spy agency said on Friday. It sent the written assessment to …

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Ukraine’s Zelensky asked Trump for Tomahawk missiles, Axios reports

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy this week asked U.S. President Donald Trump for Tomahawk missiles to force Russian President Vladimir Putin to make peace, Axios reported on Friday. The request came during Zelenskiy and Trump’s meeting alongside the United Nations General Assembly, according to the report, which cited a Ukrainian official and another source …

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On Danish border, German state investigates new drone sightings for espionage

FRANKFURT (Reuters) -The interior ministry of the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein said on Friday that drones had been sighted overnight and they were being investigated for possible espionage and sabotage. Officials have been on high alert after drone incursions in Denmark shut down air traffic in various parts of the country several times this …

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Lukashenko says Putin has a proposal for Ukraine that Trump is familiar with

(Reuters) -Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said after meeting Vladimir Putin on Friday that the Russian leader would announce a “very good proposal” for ending the war in Ukraine that he said was broadly backed by the United States. Lukashenko, who met Putin in Moscow for more than five hours, did not say what the proposal …

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EU eastern states agree on need for ‘drone wall’, bloc’s defence chief says

HELSINKI (Reuters) -Countries on the European Union’s eastern flank have agreed on the need for a “drone wall” with advanced detection, tracking and interception capabilities, EU Defence Commissioner Andrius Kubilius said on Friday. Drones now play a major role in the war in Ukraine, with both Moscow and Kyiv boosting their domestic production, while increased …

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