3+ hour, 41+ min ago   (133+ words) SEOUL, Sept 14 (Reuters) – North Korea held a live-fire drill to test ​long-range artillery and missile ‌units of its army, state media KCNA reported on Monday. The “joint firepower attack drill” on ‌Saturday ​involved five ⁠army units and ⁠tested several weapon…...

6+ hour, 53+ min ago   (281+ words) KYIV, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy imposed sanctions on a former press secretary on Sunday, accusing her and nine others of spreading Russian ​propaganda and of supporting Russia’s aggressive policy toward ‌Ukraine. Yuliia Mendel — who worked with Zelenskiy from…...

10+ hour, 59+ min ago   (221+ words) PARIS, Sept 13 (Reuters) – France’s mission to the United Nations in Geneva has said it “regrets” criticising the United States over human rights in a ​social media post that triggered a diplomatic dispute ‌which has delayed the arrival of a new…...

14+ hour, 1+ min ago   (138+ words) VILNIUS, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Lithuania closed Vilnius airport on Sunday and ​NATO summoned at ‌least one fighter jet in response to a possible sighting of a drone in Lithuanian ‌airspace, ​the country’s National ⁠Crisis Management Centre ⁠said. The air alert was…...

15+ hour, 19+ min ago   (520+ words) KYIV/MOSCOW Sept 13 (Reuters) – Russia attacked a truck near Ukraine’s border with Poland, Polish and Ukrainian officials said on Sunday, the latest strike to hit areas near NATO as Moscow and Kyiv intensify their long-distance strikes to try to shift…...

16+ hour, 12+ min ago   (191+ words) KYIV, Sept 13 (Reuters) – A Russian drone struck near the Ukrainian-Polish border in the small town of Yahodyn overnight, ​Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha ‌said on Sunday. The minister corrected his earlier statement saying the drone struck on the border crossing…...

17+ hour, 28+ min ago   (151+ words) KYIV, Sept 13 (Reuters) – At least five people were wounded in a Russian attack ​on the Ukrainian city ‌of Odesa on Sunday morning, officials said, a day after strikes on the city killed two people. “Residential ‌areas ​were damaged ⁠in several…...

18+ hour, 17+ min ago   (298+ words) Sept 13 (Reuters) – The head of Russia’s state nuclear energy corporation accused Ukraine on Sunday of attacking diesel fuel trucks, killing two Russian servicemen and deliberately ​jeopardising safety at the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant ‌in Ukraine. Alexei Likhachev said the…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (279+ words) Sept 12 (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s chief of staff was quoted as saying on Saturday that Kyiv was preparing for the resumption in October ​of three-sided talks aimed at resolving the ‌more than 4-1/2-year-old war with Russia. Kyrylo Budanov, quoted…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (507+ words) KYIV, Sept 12 (Reuters) – Ukraine is bracing for a brutal winter as intensified Russian attacks on the country’s infrastructure and key export industries compound a deepening budget crisis, Ukrainian officials said on Saturday. Economy Minister Oleksandr Kravchenko said that damage to…...