Victoria Friedman

The Nordic–Baltic states said cooperation with ⁠Ukraine would ​focus on integrating Kyiv’s battlefield experience, training, and information sharing.

Japan encouraged the United States to pursue multilateral talks to help avert a nuclear arms race and address concerns about nuclear testing.

ICAN said that 99 other countries in 2025 have now signed, ratified, or acceded to the Treaty of the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

Russian authorities said that Ukrainian drones struck a passenger train in Crimea, injuring the driver and killing his assistant.

Independent groups that map battlefield data have reported Russia’s total advances as having slowed in recent months.

A Ukrainian drone crossed into ​Moldova near the village of Lopatna, with fragments indicating the ‘occurrence of an explosion,’ Moldovan officials said.

The Russian Embassy in Romania said that any attempts to link these drones to Russia and hold it responsible for the incidents are ‘completely groundless.’

British defense staff chief Air Chief Marshal Richard Knighton said that in his 35-year career, ’this is the most dangerous period that I have known.’

The Security Council is the only U.N. body that can make legally-binding decisions, ​such as authorizing the use of force or imposing sanctions.

Rubio told lawmakers that the upcoming summit in Turkey ‘is probably the most important meeting in NATO’s history.’