From the front-line city of Pokrovsk in eastern Donetsk, to Zaporizhzhia in the south, there is little doubt that Russia is making advances. But, battlefield monitors suggest the picture is not quite so bleak for Ukraine as Trump and Putin suggest.

Sen. Mitch McConnell, a staunch supporter of Ukraine, has warned the proposal to end the war with Russia could come with consequences.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks at a summit in Sweden after U.S.-Ukraine talks on new Washington-backed proposal to end the war with Russia.

A senior Ukrainian defense official told Business Insider that the Delta system has increased combat efficiency and decision-making speed.

According to police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe, an affidavit filed by Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla's sister Nkosazana Bonganini Zuma-Mncube alleges that Zuma-Sambudla and two others lured the men by claiming they would receive security training in Russia.

The lawmakers, including Senator Elizabeth Warren, urged the Trump administration in September to resume targeted sanctions on Russian energy supplies, saying it was giving China a "free pass" by allowing it to buy discounted LNG from Arctic LNG 2.

Both Russia and Ukraine need their helicopters, but they are vulnerable. Ukraine has been able to take some out with aerial and naval drones.

At least four people were killed and 17 injured in Ukraine's northeastern city of Kharkiv in what the local mayor called a “massive” Russian drone attack on Sunday night.