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'It couldn't be any worse' — Zelensky sounds alarm on Patriot air defense missile shortage
"The situation is in such a deficit, it could not be any worse," Volodymyr Zelensky said, adding that the war in the Middle East is negatively affecting Ukraine and reducing its chances of receiving military aid.
Trump says he's not concerned about Orban's defeat, calls Magyar 'good man'
Trump previously endorsed Orban, with Vice President JD Vance visiting Budapest last week to boost the Hungarian leader's campaign.
At least 7 killed, 64 injured in Russian strikes across Ukraine over past day
Russian forces launched 324 drones and three Iskander-M ballistic missiles into Ukraine overnight, the Air Force said.
Vance calls end of Ukraine aid 'one of the proudest' achievements of Trump administration
"One of the things I'm proudest that we've done in this administration is we've told Europe that if you want to buy weapons, you can, but the United States is not buying weapons and sending them to Ukraine anymore," Vance said.
General Staff: Russia has lost 1,313,970 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
The number includes 1,010 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
Russian missile strike on Dnipro kills 5, injures 27
As of 1:56 p.m., Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Governor Oleksandr Hanzha said that 21 people had been hospitalized, including 10 in serious condition.
About Crimea
Russia invaded Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula in February 2014 amid the deadliest days of the EuroMaidan Revolution. Around 30,000 Russian troops crossed into Crimea, taking hold of the peninsula by early March 2014. Russia has continued to occupy Crimea ever since. Crimea covers an area of around 27,000 square kilometers (10,400 square miles), roughly the same size as the U.S. state of Massachusetts.
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"If someone says this — no matter how long Fidesz politicians have said similar things — you should ask them what would happen if Russia attacked Hungary: which Hungarian county would they give up?" Peter Magyar said in response to a question from a Kyiv Independent reporter.
