KYIV (Reuters) -Reconnaissance drones that violated Ukraine's airspace could have flown from Hungary to check the industrial potential of western border areas, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday,

The front line on the battlefield in Ukraine has grown in length to nearly 1,250 kilometers (800 miles), stretching Kyiv’s defenses, while Russian forces employ a new tactic of sending swarms of small assault groups to infiltrate Ukrainian lines,

A Russian Su-34 fighter jet has been shot down by Ukraine as it was attacking Zaporizhzhia, according to the Ukrainian air force.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said after meeting Vladimir Putin on Friday that the Russian leader would announce a "very good proposal" for ending the war in Ukraine that he said was broadly backed by the United States.

The Afipsky refinery in southern Russia caught fire overnight as Ukraine continues to strike its enemy’s energy infrastructure, exacerbating fuel shortages.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is telling world leaders that the world is in “the most destructive arms race in human history."

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday reconnaissance drones had violated Ukrainian airspace, citing a preliminary military assessment that they had flown from Hungary to check the industrial potential of western border areas.

The president posted on Truth Social after he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Ukraine can win back all territory lost to Russia, a dramatic shift from the U.S. leader’s call on Kyiv to make concessions.

In a change of tone, President Donald Trump said with backing from the European Union and Nato, Ukraine could take all of its land claimed by Russia.

The US president says Ukraine can win back land with support from Nato and Europe, marking a major shift in his position.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has called on the European Union to use $160billion of frozen Russian assets for Ukraine’s benefit – particularly the continued supply of weapons – in a major policy U-turn by Berlin.