Ukraine updates: Trump claims he could end war if reelected

During the first presidential debate, Donald Trump said he could "settle" the conflict by January if he wins a second term. EU chief von der Leyen calls for €500 billion to shore up the bloc's defenses. DW has more.

Former US President Donald Trump didn't say how he would end the war by January

Former US president Donald Trump said Russia "would have never invaded Ukraine" if the United States "had a real president."

Trump made the barbed comment toward current president Joe Biden during the first televised debate ahead of November's US presidential election.

Trump again claimed he would be able to "settle" the war if re-elected, even ahead of inauguration day on January 20. However, he gave no details on how he would achieve that.

Meanwhile, a Ukrainian drone hit a Russian petrol depot early Friday setting it on fire, a Russian regional governor said.

Moscow has also ordered the military to devise a plan to deal with "provocations" by US strategic drones carrying out reconnaissance work over the Black Sea.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told EU leaders the bloc needs to spend €500 billion ($535 billion) on defense in the next decade in the face of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Here are the latest developments from Russia's war in Ukraine on Friday, June 28.

Ukrainian drone hits fuel depot in Russia's Tambov region

A Ukrainian drone hit a Russian petrol depot early Friday setting it on fire, a Russian regional governor said.

"A small fire broke out and it has been contained," Maxim Yegorov, governor of the Tambov region in central Russia, said on the messaging app Telegram. "There are no victims."

He added that the strike took place hundreds of miles from the border.

The Kremlin said it "intercepted" 25 drones sent by Ukraine overnight, without mentioning the Tambov region.

In the western Bryansk region, governor Alexander Bogomaz said a drone had been downed but its debris "partially destroyed the roof of an administrative building."

mm/kb (AFP, AP, dpa, Reuters)