A top spy from Ukraine's Security Service was fatally shot outside a building in Kyiv, with one official blaming the brazen attack on Russian operatives.

Secretary Rubio expressed “disappointment and frustration” with the lack of progress in Ukraine peace talks after meeting with his Russian counterpart, Lavrov.

With five shots at close range while leaving the apartment today at 8 a.m., the enemy killer did his dirty work.”

We’ve been verifying video being posted online from Ukraine following an overnight Russian attack involving around 400 drones and 18 missiles, according to the country’s President Volodymyr Zelensky. Ukraine’s worst hit area was Kyiv, he said, where two people were killed. He reported five other regions were hit.

(Reuters) -A senior Ukrainian security officer was gunned down in a residential parking lot in Kyiv on Thursday before his assailant fled on foot in broad daylight, according to authorities and video footage verified by Reuters.

Ukraine has received all necessary political signals for U.S. military aid to resume, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday after what he described as constructive talks with U.S. President Donald Trump.

Drone and missile strikes on Kyiv killed at least two people and injured 24 after Russia launched a sustained airborne assault on the Ukrainian capital for the second night in a row.