Even as Russia seems to have the upper hand in its invasion of Ukraine, the Kremlin faces a growing number of challenges that will complicate any effort to lock in its gains, the outgoing Pentagon chief said.

Russia does not hold all the advantages in the full-scale war against Ukraine, outgoing U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in an interview with Bloomberg News on Jan. 8. Austin's comments come on the eve of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG) meeting at the U.

Here are the key developments on the 1,050th day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Here is the situation on Thursday, January 9: A Russian-guided bomb attack on the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia killed at least 13 civilians and injured about 30 others, Governor Ivan Fedorov said in a statement on social media.

Ukraine's Western allies will gather with President Volodymyr Zelensky at a US base in Germany on Thursday in their last such meeting before Donald Trump returns to the White House in less than two weeks.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III will depart Washington, D.C., today to travel to Ramstein Air Base, Germany, where he will host the 25th

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he will urge allies to boost his country’s air defenses at a meeting this week in Germany

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told The Associated Press that the U.S. needs to keep troops deployed in Syria to prevent the Islamic State group from reconstituting as a major threat.

BERLIN — United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will convene a meeting of Ukraine’s allies ... defense ministers from more than 50 countries for the 25th time since Russia launched its all-out invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

Russia has said Ukraine has launched another "counterattack" in the western border of Kursk - a region that has become a key battleground for the two ides in the war. Moscow has apparently sent its top general to the region in a clear indication of how seriously the Kremlin is taking the situation.

Dozens of partner countries will participate in the meeting of the Ramstein group at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, Ukraine's president says, and he will press for aid.

The U.S. is set to provide Ukraine an additional $500 million in weapons quickly pulled from its existing stockpiles as the Biden administration works to get Kyiv in a stronger negotiating position before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin believes that US leadership is key in military support for Ukraine, which has been resisting Russia's full-scale invasion for almost three years. Source: Austin in an interview with AFP,