Seven people were killed and more than 50 were injured in Ukraine overnight after Russian missiles and drones targeted communities across the eastern half of the country.

Recent social media videos show Ukrainian forces using drones similar to IEDs. The drones sit next to roads and then strike Russian military vehicles when they pass.

An 18-year-old British volunteer who enlisted to help defend Ukraine was killed by a Russian drone just minutes into his first mission, according to a report. James Wilton, from Huddersfield, travelled to Ukraine aged 17 and with no prior military experience, where he was reportedly given a crash training course by Ukrainian instructors.

Officials say a Russian drone has blasted a hole in an apartment building in northeastern Ukraine during a nighttime attack that killed at least six people and wounded nine others.

A Russian drone struck a multi-storey apartment building in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy early on Thursday, killing nine people and injuring 13, including a child, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said.

A Russian fighting vehicle has appeared on the battlefield in eastern Ukraine with an unusual new look – spiked bristles and long wavy “hair”.

USS Stockdale destroyed the Houthi drone during a complex attack on American forces in November. President Trump has the lowest approval rating among all elected presidents since 1953, with 47 percent support, according to a Gallup poll released Thursday.