This comes as Germany shared a warning about a ‘very serious’ threat from the nation. NATO top commander Chris Cavoli echoed these concerns.

First Deputy Foreign Minister Serhii Kyslytsia and Ukrainian delegation member Oleksandr Bevz have met with representatives of Ukraine's European partners - Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom - ahead of negotiations with the Russian delegation in Istanbul.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has pledged to help Ukraine develop its own long-range missile systems that would be free of any Western-imposed limitations on their range and targets.

Russian and Ukrainian officials are due to hold peace talks in Istanbul with no sign they are any closer to an agreement.

A statement from German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on May 26 about long-range strikes inside Russia resurrected a long-held hope in Ukraine — that Berlin is finally about to send Kyiv its Taurus missiles.

Germany's chancellor said his government will lift all range restrictions on weapons it sends to Ukraine, being the last major western ally to do so.

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Germany and Ukraine strike a deal to jointly develop weapons with "no range restrictions," as the Kremlin says Trump's jabs at Putin are due to him "not being informed."

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The 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment of the Tennessee Army National Guard, collectively known as Task Force Saber, will train their Ukrainian counterparts in joint maneuver and combined arms at 7th Army Training Command facilities for nine months.

Russian intelligence services are actively attempting to recruit Ukrainian nationals for illegal operations across the European Union, Ukraine's military intelligence agency (HUR) said on June 2. In a statement,