Russia’s war on Ukraine has been dictated as much by events in the air as by territorial gains on the front line.

Officials say a large-scale Russian drone and missile attack across Ukraine has killed at least six people, including a woman and her two daughters

The only way a Tomahawk is going to be shot is if we shot it,” the president added. “And we’re not going to do that.”

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced that his country is accelerating a programme to produce over 5,000 missiles to strengthen Ukraine's air defence during the winter period. Details: Starmer said the programme has created hundreds of jobs in Belfast and they are working on producing a further 140 missiles to help Ukraine through the difficult winter.

NATO's Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Friday he discussed the issue of sending Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine with U.S. President Donald Trump and it is still under review.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky failed to obtain Tomahawk missiles for strikes on Russia from a meeting with Donald Trump on Friday, with the US president later calling for both sides to cease fighting and accept current battle lines.

The attack on the Bryansk facility came hours before Russian attacks left six people dead in Ukraine, officials said.

Russia and Ukraine pounded each other with heavy overnight missile attacks as diplomatic efforts to end the war faltered, with the White House saying there were no imminent plans for presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin to meet.

The Tomahawk cruise missile has been in the U.S. military’s inventory since the 1980s. While slow by missile standards, the cruise missile flies around 100 feet (about 30 meters) off the ground, making it harder to detect by defense systems.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will push allies to provide Ukraine with more long-range missiles to strike Russian targets at a meeting in London on Friday.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that a news report on the United States giving approval to Ukraine to use long-range missiles deep into Russia was false, adding the U.S. "has nothing to do with those missiles.