Russia-Ukraine updates: Putin suspends key US-Russia nuclear treaty

President Vladimir Putin said he'd sought an "open dialogue" with the West.

Almost a year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine, the two countries are engaged in a struggle for control of areas throughout the east and south.

Putin's forces pulled out of key positions in November, retreating from Kherson as Ukrainian troops led a counteroffensive targeting the southern port city. Russian drones have continued bombarding civilian targets throughout Ukraine, knocking out critical power infrastructure as winter sets in.

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Feb 08, 2023, 4:03 AM EST

Zelenskyy to visit United Kingdom

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected to meet with U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in London on Wednesday.

He's also expected to address Parliament, "as the UK steps up its delivery of lethal aid into the country, and prepares to train fighter jet pilots and marines," the prime minister's office said in a statement.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses a media conference after the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023.
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"President Zelenskyy's visit to the UK is a testament to his country's courage, determination and fight, and a testament to the unbreakable friendship between our two countries," Sunak said in a statement.

-ABC News' Joe Simonetti and Guy Davies

Feb 07, 2023, 11:38 AM EST

Russia experiences deadliest 24 hours since war with Ukraine began, officials say

The Russian death toll has reached its highest number in a 24-hour period since the invasion of Ukraine began, according to Ukrainian military officials.

At least 1,030 Russian soldiers died overnight into Tuesday, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. About 1,900 soldiers died in a two-day period after 25 Russian tanks were destroyed, Ukrainian military officials said.

-ABC News' Will Gretsky

Feb 05, 2023, 2:20 PM EST

Delays on aircraft will result in more Ukrainian deaths: Defense minister

Ukraine’s minister of defense warned his western partners Sunday that if they "procrastinate" over the supply of aircraft to Ukraine, more Ukrainians will die.

"If we will have a procrastination or reluctance with aircraft platforms, it will cost us more lives, more blood of Ukrainians," Oleksiy Reznikov told reporters in Kyiv.

Reznikov appeared to concede that the most readily available and Ukraine's preferred western aircraft, American F-16s, were no longer an option on the table with western partners.

He said Sweden’s Gripen fighter jets are still an option. Ukrainian officials have previously mentioned the Gripen as a possibility in conversations with ABC News about weapons supplies.

"I’m sure we will have (western) aircraft," Reznikov said.

Reznikov also spoke of the fierce fighting being wage in the city of Bakhmut in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine.

Reznikov described the city as a “stronghold” which Russia has been trying to occupy for months.

Reznikov said 500 Russian soldiers a day are being injured or killed in the fight for Bukhmut and that Ukrainian casualties are significantly lower.

Any strategic decision on whether or not to withdraw, Reznikov said, would be made by Ukrainian generals and is "not a political decision."

-ABC News Tom Soufi Burridge

Feb 05, 2023, 3:56 PM EST

Netanyahu considers sending Ukraine 'Iron Dome' defense system

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview Saturday that he is considering sending to Ukraine an Iron Dome defense system.

Netanyahu told French broadcasters TF1 and LCI that he is "looking into" sending Ukraine the mobile all-weather air defense system that has helped protect his country from Palestinian rockets launched from the Gaza Strip.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs a weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, Feb. 5, 2023.
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"I said I’m looking into it and I’m doing just that," Netanyahu said during a visit to France.

In October, the Ukrainian government sent Israel an official request for the Iron Dome system to fend off Iranian ballistic missiles and attack drones used by Russia in Ukraine.

The Israeli Iron Dome missile defence system, left, intercepts rockets, right, fired by the Hamas movement towards southern Israel from Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip as seen in the sky above the Gaza Strip overnight, May 14, 2021.
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Netanyahu did not disclose a timeframe for when the defense system might be sent to Ukraine, saying, he is reviewing the request from Ukraine and the overall policy for supplying the system.

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