Russia has launched a group strike with high-precision weapons at enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine, hitting the central artillery base of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This was stated in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

A Russian missile attack killed at least 18 people, including nine children, in a residential area of the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih on Friday, local officials said, but Russia's Defence Ministry said it had targeted a military gathering there.

A Russian missile attack on Kyiv killed one man and injured three other people overnight, causing damage and fires in several districts in the biggest such attack on Ukraine for weeks, Ukrainian officials said on Sunday.

"Ukrainian technologies are going to be required by the world," Kyiv's strategic industries minister, Herman Smetanin, told Newsweek.

Plans to create a European 'Coalition of the Willing' to underwrite any peace deal in Ukraine have evolved beyond political rhetoric and have now entered the military planning stage, with the UK's Chief of Defence Staff Admiral Sir Tony Radakin in Kyiv this weekend.

US to know whether Russia 'serious about peace' with Ukraine in coming weeks, Rubio says US, Russia make 'significant progress' towards Ukraine ceasefire deal, Kremlin negotiator claims Trump's team advises against calling Putin until Russia agrees to Ukraine ceasefire,

The Trump administration says it will soon be clear if Russia's Vladimir Putin really wants a peace deal in Ukraine, as France and Britain accuse him of playing for time.

The weekend discussions are planned to set the ground for a further meeting between defense ministers in Brussels and the Ukraine Defense Contact Group on Friday.

Sweden announced a new military aid package to Ukraine worth 16 billion crowns ($1.59 billion) on Monday, the biggest package to date from the Nordic country, saying it wanted to help Kyiv strengthen its position in talks on ending the war.