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Former defense minister Mykhailo Fedorov, once a key figure in Ukraine’s drone program and dismissed by President Zelensky last month, urged wartime elections in Ukraine—a direct challenge to Zelensky’s authority. Elections are constitutionally prohibited during wartime, making the proposal a high-stakes test of Ukrainian unity amid the ongoing conflict with Russia.
Russian ballistic missiles struck Kyiv, killing at least nine and injuring more than 30, as Zelensky said Ukraine has run out of air-defense interceptors; Zelensky had urged the U.S. for air-defense missiles during a White House meeting.
President Donald Trump delivered a notable pivot on Ukraine, praising Zelensky and Kyiv’s war effort and signaling that Ukraine will be allowed to manufacture U.S.-designed Patriot missiles on Ukrainian soil, a move that could boost Kyiv’s defenses while signaling a warmer tone toward Ukraine amid the Russia war.