Russia said its air defenses intercepted a Ukrainian drone over central Moscow which then hit a building in an area not far from the Kremlin early on Friday. No one was injured, and the building that was hit was not residential, the defense ministry said.
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In a long-awaited move, the U.S. will allow allies to send American-made F-16 fighter jets to Kyiv once Ukrainian pilots are trained to operate them, a U.S. official confirmed. However, the requirement that Ukraine’s pilots be fully trained means that the approvals will not come for months.
Behind the thousands of Ukrainian troops assembled along the 100-mile front line for Kyiv’s counteroffensive is a small army of mechanics, engineers and weapon technicians responsible for keeping the country’s growing fleet of Western-made tanks, armored vehicles and other equipment in working order.