Russia has made slow but steady gains in recent weeks against Ukraine but at a steep cost — the bloodiest month in the nearly three-year war, U.S. officials said Wednesday.

Russia has sustained more than 600,000 casualties during the war in Ukraine, a sign of losses accelerating out of proportion with its gains, Pentagon officials said. Since the summer, Moscow has continued to take territory in Ukraine's eastern region of Donetsk,

Russian forces have made "significant progress" in parts of the Donetsk region, according to an open-source intelligence outlet.

A high-level meeting of Ukrainian arms donors has been canceled after President Biden pulled out to prepare for Hurricane Milton in Florida.

A gathering in Germany intended to show support for Ukraine was put off after President Biden canceled his trip to deal with Hurricane Milton.

Speaking at a summit in Croatia with leaders of southeastern European states, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he hopes his meeting with Biden at the U.S. Ramstein Air Base in G

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy signed a long-term cooperation deal with Croatia on Wednesday ahead of a Ukraine-South East Europe summit in Dubrovnik where he plans to discuss international efforts to bring peace closer.

"Russia is avoiding honest diplomacy," says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, as he meets with Balkan leaders at a summit in Dubrovnik, Croatia. The meeting is the third 'Ukraine-Southeast Europe" summit and comes as Ukraine pushes for more military aid,

Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Dubrovnik on Wednesday to participate in the South-East European Countries and Ukraine Summit. The Croatian city was "turned into a fortress," with the navy, air forces,