The United States “will get Ukraine what it needs” to fight its war with Russia, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on an unannounced visit to Kyiv on Monday, but he gave no hint that Washington might endorse key planks of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's so-called “victory plan.

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin arrived in Kyiv on an unannounced visit Monday, hours after a Russian drone attack on the Ukrainian capital and as Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pushes Western partners to keep providing military support for the war.

Austin said the U.S. would hand Ukraine what it requires "to fight for its survival and security," saying it was essential for Western allies to fend off Russia’s aggression. “Europe’s future is on the line,

South Korea warns it could send arms to Ukraine in response to North Korea allegedly dispatching troops to Russia.

If North Korea were to send troops to Ukraine to fight on Russia's behalf it would significantly escalate the conflict, NATO Chief Mark Rutte said on social media platform X on Monday. Rutte, who took office at NATO at the start of the month,

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has spoken with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol regarding reports of the possible dispatch of North Korean troops to participate in the Russia-Ukraine war. Source: Rutter on X (Twitter) Rutte discussed with President Yoon the information regarding the possible deployment of North Korean troops to fight in the war against Ukraine.