Over the course of August, Russia launched 4,216 air attack vehicles -- 4,060 attack or decoy drones and 156 missiles -- at a daily average rate of nearly 131 drones and five missiles, Ukraine's air force data showed. No night of August passed without a Russian attack, the Ukrainian government said.

KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called for more pressure on Moscow on Wednesday, beginning a visit to European allies he hopes will unveil plans for security guarantees for Kyiv even as Russian forces launched their latest massive air attack.

The Donald Trump administration is giving the Ukrainian military "deeper strike capabilities," allowing it to hit targets farther into Russia, according to Matt Whitaker, the U.S. ambassador to NATO.