Zelenskyy says "historic" deal to buy advanced Rafale fighter jets from France will give Ukraine some of the "greatest air defense" in the world against Russian attacks.

A drone has struck a Turkish-flagged tanker in Ukraine's Odesa region and set it ablaze. Monday's strike at Izmail port came a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a deal to import U.

Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Monday that an explosion on a section of railway line used for deliveries to Ukraine was an "unprecedented act of sabotage."

Elsewhere, the president of Finland warned that a ceasefire in Ukraine is unlikely before the spring and urged European allies to keep up support.

Vital supplies are due to start flowing from the Balkans as energy infrastructure faces sustained Russian attack.

The European Union wants to finance Ukraine’s war efforts using a loan based on Russia’s frozen assets in Belgium. If that falls through, there’s no easy alternative.

A train track between the Polish cities of Warsaw and Lublin was destroyed in an “unprecedented act of sabotage” over the weekend, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Monday, noting that the railway is “crucially important for delivering aid to Ukraine.

Poland's prime minister has said an explosion on a railway line leading to the Ukraine border this weekend was caused by "an unprecedented act of sabotage", and vowed to catch those responsible "regardless of who their backers are".