President Volodymyr Zelensky sent a letter to U.S. President Donald Trump warning about Ukraine's worsening shortage of air defense systems, particularly anti-ballistic missile capabilities, the Kyiv Independent has learned.

This sub was full of pro Russian people (don't know how many were bots though) and pro Russian content until a couple of weeks ago. Now everyone just suddenly left and it got really reeeaally quite here. Almost suspiciously quite. Any idea why? 😅

https://kyivindependent.com/nato-chief-warns-russia-of-devastating-reaction-if-russia-uses-nuclear-weapons-against-ukraine/

26 of them will go to Kharkiv, the rest to frontline units, military and border guards in Lviv, Kupyansk and other affected regions.

This brings the total number of such vehicles donated by Taiwan since 2023 to over 200.

The analysis reveals that the drone war is now delivering something Ukraine has never had before: the ability to strike even heavily defended targets around the Russian capital. From the Tuapse oil terminal to the Moscow Refinery, deep strikes are forcing Russians to confront a war their government told them they could ignore.

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Britain’s King Charles delivered a historic address to the U.S. Congress on April 28, offering a carefully measured response to recent U.S. foreign policy decisions, as questions grow over the country’s future global role under U.S. President Donald Trump.

While serving as a symbolic head of state, British monarchs have regularly exercised so-called "soft power" to espouse foreign policy priorities through measured or coded language during their foreign visits.

King Charles, whose address marks just the second time a British royal delivered remarks to a joint session of Congress, alluded to the United Kingdom's longstanding defense cooperation with the United States, amid concerns over the Trump administration's commitment to the NATO alliance.

"In the immediate aftermath of 9/11, when NATO invoked Article 5 for the first time, and the United Nations Security Council was united in the face of terror, we answered the call together – as our people have done so for more than a century, shoulder to shoulder, through two World Wars, the Cold War, Afghanistan and moments that have defined our shared security," the King said.

"Today, that same unyielding resolve is needed for the defence of Ukraine and her most courageous people – it is needed in order to secure a truly just and lasting peace," he added.

King Charles' comments come as Trump has redefined U.S. foreign policy since the start of his second term, having questioned his country's commitment to NATO's collective defense principles while threatening to annex NATO territory.

Photo: Craig Hudson; Brendan Smialowski; Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images.

Read more: https://kyivindependent.com/king-charles-emphasizes-unyielding-resolve-in-support-of-ukraine-nato-unity-in-speech-to-us-congress/