One of Russia’s most powerful men, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, is set to visit North Korea this weekend, in a sign of deepening relations between Moscow and Pyongyang as North Korea gets pulled deeper into Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Countries prepared to provide troops for a post-ceasefire force in Ukraine agreed to set up a headquarters in Paris for a rapid deployment after hostilities end in Russia's war on its neighbor. A U.S.

A group of school children has raised £1,000 to help fund an ambulance to replace one destroyed during shelling in Ukraine. The vehicle has been filled with medical supplies by a group in Towcester, Northamptonshire, and driven into the country.

A colonel of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has been shot dead in Kyiv. Ukraine's RBC reported that an SBU colonel was the victim of the shooting in the city's Holosiivskyi district. The SBU has confirmed that an employee was shot, RBC said. Ukraine's National Police and the SBU are investigating the murder.

The co-sponsors of new bipartisan U.S. sanctions package targeting Russia have briefed European allies and Ukraine on the legislation.

Netting from a cherry farm in Somerset is helping to intercept bombs in war torn Ukraine. Whitehouse Farm Cherries in Chard closed down earlier this year and decided to put the materials to good use after seeing an appeal by Somerset Aid for Ukraine.

Participants in a Rome conference on the economic recovery of Ukraine have pledged over 10 billion euros ($11.7 billion) to help the war-torn country, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Thursday.

Former Vice President Mike Pence says he thinks isolationists “may have lost some of their footing” in President Donald Trump’s administration, as he praised Trump’s tougher talk toward Russia’s Vladimir Putin and his decision to bomb Iranian nuclear facilities.