Bloomberg Moscow said it would sharply cut military operations near the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv and Chernihiv after negotiators from Ukraine and Russia held discussions in Turkey aimed at de-escalating the war. A Ukrainian negotiator said the country is seeking international security guarantees for territory that doesn’t include the separatist-controlled areas of Donbas and Crimea. Russia indicated the talks could ...

  Bloomberg In recent days, Ukrainian TV stations have been broadcasting messages explaining what to do in the event of a chemical weapons attack, a horrific prospect in an already gruesome war, but one that may also be unlikely. US President Joe Biden has said there are “real concerns” Russia might resort to using the internationally banned munitions, as it ...

  Bloomberg North Korea tried to deceive the world about the type of missile it fired last week, claiming that it successfully tested a “huge,” new ICBM while actually firing off a rocket first launched in 2017, South Korean defense officials said. The intercontinental ballistic missile that North Korea launched last week was likely a Hwasong-15, which was successfully tested ...