WASHINGTON, July 30 - Ukraine hopes a new push for ceasefire talks with Russia could halt the five-year war before a potentially brutal winter, but needs new anti-ballistic missiles now to defend against strikes by Moscow, the country's envoy to Washington said on Thursday. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Ukraine has succeeded in every combat domain except for ballistic missiles, which remain a critical gap in Kyiv's arsenal against Russia, the Ukrainian envoy to the U.S. said Thursday.