Europe promises more air defence for Ukraine after Kyiv hit by huge drone strike - It comes as the Kremlin suggests Putin and Trump may meet in September

Ukraine’s president proposed reviving talks brokered by the Trump administration, which seemed stalled a month ago.

The total combat losses of Russian troops in the war against Ukraine from February 24, 2022, to July 21, 2025, amount to approximately 1,043,160 people, including 1,170 in the last 24 hours. — Ukrinform.

US President Donald Trump has told Vladimir Putin to end Russia’s war with Ukraine in 50 days – or face “very severe tariffs”. It’s the first significant pressure the president has put on Moscow to find peace.

Russia launched hundreds of drones and more than two dozen missiles in a massive attack on Ukraine overnight, killing at least two people, including one in the capital, Kyiv, which came under fire a day after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy proposed holding a fresh round of peace talks.

Australia's government said on Saturday it had delivered M1A1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine as part of a A$245 million ($160 million) package to help the country defend itself against Russia in their ongoing war.

Russia is open to peace with Ukraine, but achieving its goals remains a priority, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Sunday, days after U.S. President Donald Trump gave Moscow a 50-day deadline

Analysts across Europe fear the war could become what's called a frozen conflict, where Russia retains some Ukrainian territory and there is no lasting peace. NPR's Frank Langfitt reports from Kyiv.

This figure is also a marked increase from the assessment on June 9 of Ukraine's Main Military Intelligence Directorate (GUR) that Russia plans to increase production capacity to 190 drones per day, by the end of 2025.