A Russian drone and missile attack on Ukraine’s western city of Ternopil has killed at least 25 people, including three children.

NATO fighter jets were scrambled and ground-based air defense systems put on the highest level of alert in Poland and Romania during a massive and deadly overnight Russian attack on targets across Ukraine,

Ukraine said it had identified a Russian commander as a suspect in some of the killings in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha in 2022, calling it a vital step towards establishing the chain of command behind the mass executions of civilians there.

It comes amid reports the US and Russia have prepared a 28-point peace plan, allegedly containing major concessions for Ukraine.

The U.S. State Department has approved the possible sale of Patriot air defense launchers to Ukraine worth up to $105 million.

Ukraine has asked the Vatican to formalize its role facilitating negotiations for the return of Ukrainian children and civilians taken by Russia during the war.

Ukrainian lawmakers fired two ministers ensnared in a major corruption probe on Wednesday and called for more sweeping measures to restore faith in the country's leadership as the scandal provokes the country's biggest wartime political crisis.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump's Special Envoy for Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, has told associates he plans to leave the administration in January, four sources told Reuters, a departure that would mean the loss of a key advocate for Ukraine in the Trump administration.