Russia attacked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv with a sophisticated combination of missiles and drones for the first time in 73 days on Wednesday, authorities reported, as the Pentagon said most of the North Korean troops sent to help Moscow’s war effort are fighting to drive Ukraine’s army off Russian soil in the Kursk border region.

By Pavel Polityuk and Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) -Blasts boomed across Kyiv on Wednesday morning after officials said Russia launched its first missile attack on the Ukrainian capital since August,

The new NATO Innovation Fund started as a way to combat flagging US interest. Now, its staff are scouring Europe to find the companies that could give the alliance the edge in the face of war.

Nato relationship appears uncertain after Donald Trump nominated Pete Hegseth for Defense Secretary, a notable critic of the alliance.

For Gilles Mentré, former diplomat at the French Embassy in Moscow, who was interviewed on LCI, the position of the future US administration will weaken NATO and possibly fracture the European Union.