An extraordinary ambassadorial-level meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Council convened at the request of the Ukrainian authorities was held in Brussels on Wednesday. The purpose of the event was described by the parties as the need to discuss the situation on the battlefield, the consequences of the largest strike by Russian troops against facilities on Ukrainian territory and Kiev's ‘priority capability needs’. The meeting came amid information that Ukraine this week again asked for US permission to use precision long-range weapons to strike targets deep inside Russia. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called it ‘playing with fire’.

The US position regarding the strikes by US weapons supplied to the AFU on Russian territory remains unchanged, Pentagon spokesman Patrick Ryder has said. So he answered the question whether it is planned to reconsider the restrictions amid calls by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Russian Su-35S and Su-57 fighter jets outperform US F-16s in aerial combat, Rostec State Corporation said.

NATO countries are highly skeptical about Volodymyr Zelenskyy's call to shoot down Russian missiles over Ukraine, the head of the Polish Defense Ministry, Vladyslav Kosyniak-Kamysh, has said. He was not surprised by Mr Zielenski's request, but explained that Poland would take decisions in line with its interests.