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Russia launched a barrage of 420 drones and 39 missiles at Ukraine overnight, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
It comes as Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky says his country will do everything to secure peace and justice.
Russia's development of the 9M729 prompted Trump to quit the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, then a cornerstone of nuclear arms control, in 2019, saying the ground-launched missile could fly far beyond the permitted limit of 500 km (310 miles).
Russia's full-scale war in Ukraine began on February 22, 2022. The Trump White House is attempting to broker a peace deal.
Sam Kiley reports from Ukraine’s fortress belt in Pavlohrad and Izium in eastern Ukraine on the dramatic effect of switching off the Starlink satellite network used by Russian forces
GENEVA/KYIV, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Ukrainian and U.S. officials met in Geneva on Thursday for talks on post-war reconstruction despite a deadlock in negotiations with Russia, and officials in Kyiv hoped to finalise key details of a settlement at a trilateral meeting early next month.
Ukraine said the Russian plant is used to produce ballistic missiles, including Yars, Bulava, Iskander-M, and Kinzhal.
By Anna Hirtenstein, Marwa Rashad, Dmitry Zhdannikov and Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON, Feb 26 (Reuters) - The United States has slowed the sale of Russian oil giant Lukoil's international assets to pressure Russia in the Ukraine peace talks,