As Russian missiles rain down, Zelenskyy calls for "a ceasefire as soon as possible and stopping attacks in the air and at sea as a confidence-building measure."

"But we have to assume that Russia wants to test the unity of the West." According to Kahl, the precise timing of any potential Russian "testing" of Article 5 depends on the course of its ongoing invasion of Ukraine which,

The Russia invasion into Ukraine continues and as it does, the United States’ approach to the conflict is rapidly shifting.The days of life in Tetiana Ieltsova'

Moscow's military struck the middle of a town in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region where Russian forces have been advancing, killing at least 11 people, including five children, and leaving a further 30 injured, the officials said. Three more people died and seven were wounded in a separate drone attack on the Kharkiv region in the northeast.

The wave of attacks took place just 24 hours after Russia hit Ukrainian energy facilities with missiles and drones.

The attack comes after European Union leaders, shaken by the prospect of US disengagement from the Russia-Ukraine war, agreed to boost the European bloc's defences.

US President Donald Trump stepped up his threats against Volodymyr Zelensky Monday after a blow-up row in the Oval Office, suggesting the Ukrainian leader "won't be around very long" without a ceasefire deal with Russia.The wider message was that Zelensky needed to apologize for the row in what Trump called the "cherished" Oval Office.