Ukraine's air defence forces have downed or suppressed 106 Russian UAVs during the Russian attack that began on the night of 24-25 December. However, 22 attack drones struck 15 locations. Source: Air Force Quote: "Since the night of 24-25 December (from 19:00 on 24 December),

To operate F-16s, Ukraine would need long-term training and supplies, and those jets would still be facing off against Russia's capable air force.

Using homemade long range drones and cruise missiles, Kyiv is hitting targets from the Mediterranean to the Caspian.

General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has confirmed that Air Force units have carried out a successful strike with Storm Shadow air-launched cruise missiles on the Novoshakhtinsk oil products plant in Russia's Rostov Oblast on 25 December.

Since the evening of December 22, during a massive Russian aerial attack on Ukraine, the Defense Forces neutralized 635 out of 673 aerial attack assets, including almost all cruise missiles. — Ukrinform.

BERLIN (AP) — The U.S. has agreed to provide unspecified security guarantees to Ukraine as part of a peace deal to end Russia’s nearly four-year war, and more talks are likely this weekend, U.S. officials said Monday following the latest discussions with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Berlin.

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