U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin answered a plea from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for more help to keep Russian warplanes away from its cities and borders with a $500 million package of fresh military aid.

The Biden administration has announced the final tranche of military aid it will send to Ukraine, amounting to about $500 million.

Ukrainian drones struck deep inside Russia in an overnight attack targeting an oil facility serving a military airfield in the city of Engels, nearly 400 miles from the border, Ukraine’s military said Wednesday.

Additionally, 34 drones were reported as lost from radar, with one reportedly flying back towards Russia. There were no negative consequences from these drones. Read also: Ukraine intercepts 46 Shahed drones in massive overnight attack The drones were launched from various locations in Russia,

Russia launched 72 UAVs of the Shahed type and decoy drones against Ukraine. Air defense forces managed to destroy 33 of them, according to the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The drones were launched from the directions of the Russian cities of Millerovo,

North Korea is learning valuable lessons from fighting against Ukraine, making it an increased threat to its neighbors, a US official said. In recent months, North Korea has sent around 12,000 troops to fight for Russia against Ukraine as part of a new security pact between its leader,

North Korea has been under U.N. sanctions since 2006, and the measures have been steadily strengthened over the years with the aim of halting Pyongyang's development of nuclear we

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated that North Korean forces fighting alongside Russian troops against the Ukrainian military have sustained 4,000 casualties, both killed and wounded in action. Source: Interfax-Ukraine news agency,