The U.S. State Department approved a $2.7 billion military sale to Ukraine for air-defence development upgrades, along with related equipment and services, the department said. Meanwhile, Ukrainian authorities reported at least 10 people had died in Russian attacks over the last 24 hours.
Russia struck the Khmelnytskyi region in western Ukraine early on Saturday, triggering a fire at a building, local authorities said on Telegram.
There were no reports of injuries or deaths and two drones were shot down, Serhii Tiurin, Head of the Khmelnytskyi Regional State Administration added.
A Russian glide bomb hit a nine-storey apartment block in Sumy, northeast Ukraine, late on Friday, killing two people and injureing eight others, Mayor Artem Kobzar said, Ukrainian newspaper the Kyiv Post reported.
The deaths mean that at least 10 people have been killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine over the past 24 hours, according to authorities.
At least eight people have been killed and 33 others injured in Russian attacks in Ukraine's Kharkiv, Donetsk, and Kherson regions, regional authorities said in posts on Telegram.
In Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine, five people were killed and 15 injured in attacks on 15 areas of the region, Oleh Syniehubov, Head of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration, said.
In Donetsk, southeast Ukraine, one person was killed and 13 wounded, Vadym Filashkin, Governor of the Dontesk region said.
The Kherson Regional Administration said two people were killed and five injured in Russian attacks, while five apartment blocks and seven private houses were damaged.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Ukraine was deliberately hindering talks aimed at ending the 4 1/2-year-old war and accused Kyiv of interfering in Russia's parliamentary election.
Putin, in comments to Russia's Military-Industrial commission, also reasserted Moscow's main defence aim of relying on its “nuclear triad” of weapons and said Moscow also had to move towards improving its anti-missile defences.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy early on Saturday thanked U.S. President Donald Trump for signing the Russia sanctions bill and members of Congress for supporting it and ensuring its passage.
“The best way to honour Lindsey's memory would be to implement the provisions of this law fully and as quickly as possible,” Zelenskyy said, referring to the lawmaker who championed the bill, the late Senator Lindsey Graham.
The U.S. State Department approved a potential $2.7 billion military sale to Ukraine for air defence upgrades, equipment and related services.
Ukraine would finance the purchase through European contributions and U.S. Foreign Military Financing allocated under former President Joe Biden, if the deal is concluded.
The package includes missiles, air defence systems, launcher modifications and counter-drone radars, but remains subject to congressional review. The approval comes as U.S. President Donald Trump signed a new Russia sanctions bill into law, increasing economic pressure on Moscow.
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