Here are the latest developments in the war in Ukraine.
Russia struck Kyiv after weeks of peace in Ukraine’s capital, showing that it would not relent in its assault on the country, as President Biden signaled a huge show of support by asking Congress to authorize $33 billion more in military, economic and humanitarian aid for Ukraine.
Five Russian missiles flew into Kyiv on Thursday just after talks ended there between President Volodymyr Zelensky and the U.N. secretary general, António Guterres, Mr. Zelensky said in his nightly address.
In other developments:
- Russian intelligence was behind an April attack in Moscow that inflicted chemical burns on a Nobel Prize-winning Russian newspaper editor, U.S. officials said.
- The British military will send some 8,000 troops to Europe as part of a larger allied deployment to deter further Russian aggression, officials said.
- The Ukrainian military said it was moving more troops to the country’s southwestern border. Read more
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