US ‘will not hesitate’ to impose additional sanctions on Russia and North Korea

• North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Russian President Vladimir Putin held two-hour talks on Wednesday at the Vostochny cosmodrome in Siberia. The Russian president said he saw “prospects” of military cooperation with North Korea, despite the international sanctions to which it is subject due to its nuclear and ballistic programs.
• The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, welcomed the “great progress” accomplished by Ukraine on the path to joining the European Union. The European Commission will also propose an additional 50 billion euros over four years for investments and reforms.
• A shipyard in the city of Sevastopol, Crimea, was hit by a Ukrainian missile on Wednesday, injuring 24 people. according to Russian-backed governor Mikhail Razvojaev. The attack caused a fire, he said, specifying after going to the scene that the health of four people remained in a ” stable state “.
• The Russian Defense Ministry said three Ukrainian drones were destroyed in the Black Sea, Wednesday on Telegramwithout specifying what they were aiming for.
• Thirty-two Shahed drones destroyed by air defense, according to the Ukrainian Air Force. Ukrainian air defense destroyed thirty-two of the forty-four Iranian-made Shahed drones fired by Russian forces overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday, the Ukrainian Air Force announced on Telegram.
• Russian drones targeted southern Odessa Oblast overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday, damaging port infrastructure in the district of the port city of Izmail and injuring six peoplethree of whom are in serious condition, reported the head of the local military administration, Oleh Kiper.

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