Ukraine's top military commander, Oleksandr Syrskyi, said on Saturday that Ukraine faced increasing difficulties in its fight against Moscow's invasion as Russian forces advance and North Korean troops prepare to join the Kremlin's campaign.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's assertion that Russia's military campaign is in need of a "fast solution," but that "does not mean that it will turn out that way.

The Biden administration has lifted a de facto ban on American military contractors deploying to Ukraine to help the country’s military maintain and repair US-provided weapons systems, particularly F16 fighter jets and Patriot air defense systems,

In the remaining days of US President Joe Biden's time in White House, the Biden administration is set to lift a defacto ban on American military contractors helping maintain US weaponry in Ukraine, an informed official told CNN on Friday.

Speaking to the same programme, Conservative shadow foreign secretary Dame Priti Patel said the UK had to find a "shared way of working with the US" on Ukraine. During the election campaign, Trump characterised the Russia-Ukraine conflict as a drain on US resources and said he could end the war between Russia and Ukraine "in a day".

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell sought to reassure Ukraine of Europe's unwavering support on Saturday, days after Donald Trump's election win cast uncertainty over its war effort. Borrell, the first top EU official to visit Kyiv since Trump's win,

The EU foreign policy chief reassures Ukraineof ‘unwavering support’ after Trump’s win:: Kyiv, Ukraine:::: Josep Borrell, High Representative, European Union for Foreign Affairs“This support remains unwavering.