Zelenskyy visits Saudi Arabia as Ukraine provides expertise against Iranian drones - AP News

Zelensky visits Saudi Arabia after offering Ukraine's drone expertise - BBC

Ukraine, Saudi sign air defence deal during Zelensky surprise visit

Ukraine and Saudi Arabia have signed an air defence agreement during President Volodymyr Zelensky's visit to the Gulf country facing Iranian drone attacks. Zelensky confirmed on social media that both countries had "reached an important arrangement" on defence cooperation and that he had met Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during his visit.

Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy says US has linked security guarantees to ceding of Donbas

<p>Ukrainian president says peace deal proposed by US included ceding land to Russia. What we know on day 1,492</p><p><strong>The US is making its offer of security guarantees for a peace deal in Ukraine conditional on Kyiv ceding all of the country’s eastern region of Donbas to Russia, </strong>president Volodymyr Zelenskyy told Reuters in an interview. With the US focused on its own conflict with Iran, Donald Trump is applying pressure to Ukraine in an effort to bring a quick end to the four-year war triggered by Russia’s 2022 invasion, Zelenskyy said. “The Middle East definitely has an impact on President Trump, and I think on his next steps. President Trump, unfortunately, still chooses a strategy of putting more pressure on the Ukrainian side,” he told Reuters. “I would very much like the American side to understand that the eastern part of our country is part of our security guarantees,” he said.</p><p><strong>Russia sought to blackmail the US by offering to stop sharing milit...

Asian Champions League quarterfinal sends Iran’s Tractor FC to Saudi Arabia

Draw for AFC Asian Champions League Elite quarterfinals sees Tractor FC play Dubai's Shabab Al-Ahli in Saudi Arabia.

Pentagon weighs diverting Ukraine military aid to the Middle East, Washington Post reports - Reuters

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How Ukraine’s front line became a laboratory for drone innovation - AP News

<a href="https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMitgFBVV95cUxOaU9UNUpCOWdsXy1oV01RY2lrQThQRDR0d1FBRWhDc1F4ZE41cmFyM3RHX2wwRTRyX2wxX2xwbklhbVJ0SXZGb0JvT2xkYmhqWmJkYmFGSVBCenlNa0tSN0xMME9mVHVOUVJTbmVXRWdtSExNMTlwSlFUbUVVc1JvazdRTTZxalBaOUt0cUVDaXBRM0pzSjlGWVRXY1BUZ25GRGo0YTNHZzZGWG5mcUtjMHFSSGR1Zw?oc=5" target="_blank">How Ukraine’s front line became a laboratory for drone innovation</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color="#6f6f6f">AP News</font>