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Top EU officials took turns assailing Hungary's Viktor Orban on Wednesday over democratic backsliding and his Russia-friendly stance on Ukraine, as the nationalist leader delivered a headline address to the bloc's parliament.

This photograph shows pigeons flying over a residential building damaged by shelling in the town of Kurakhove, located near the front line, in the Pokrovsk district of the eastern Donetsk region, on Oct. 8, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

A Ukrainian serviceman of the 126th brigade air-defense unit fires by a machine gun during the training in Kherson region, Ukraine, Oct. 4, 2024.

Kiev on Monday said that its forces had struck a large oil terminal overnight on the occupied Crimean peninsula as Moscow claimed the capture of another village in eastern Ukraine.

Ukraine said on Monday its forces had struck an oil terminal overnight on the Crimean peninsula, seized by Moscow in 2014, in Kiev's latest attack on Russian-controlled energy facilities.

Kiev has ramped up strikes targeting Russia's energy sector in recent months aiming to dent revenues used by Moscow to fund its invasion, now grinding through its third year.

President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he will attend an international meeting to discuss military support for Ukraine to be held in Germany this week.

The meeting at the U.S. air base in Ramstein near Frankfurt is expected to bring together more than 50 of Ukraine's allies, including U.S. President Joe Biden.

NATO's new chief Mark Rutte visited Kiev on Thursday, a major show of support for Ukraine in his maiden trip in the role.

Kiev relies on billions of dollars in Western military aid to fight the Russian invasion, with the NATO Secretary-General a powerful voice corralling support for Ukraine on the global stage.

Former Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte took over as NATO's secretary general on Tuesday as the Western military alliance reaches a critical juncture weeks from a momentous U.S. election.

At least 11 people were wounded on Sunday in a series of Russian strikes on Zaporizhzhia in southern Ukraine, emergency services announced.

The regional capital was hit by several "massive aerial strikes" at dawn, Ukrainian emergency services said in a statement.

The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenski called the meeting he had earlier today in New York with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump “very constructive” as both agree

Kamala Harris criticized her U.S. election rival Donald Trump's "surrender" policy on Ukraine on Sept. 26, while the Republican said he would meet Ukraine's president despite a bitter row over the war with Russia.