North Korea is "no longer content to have its nuclear weapons and be left alone," a former senior U.S. official told Newsweek.

The North’s leader, Kim Jong-un, publicly consoled bereaved families, as well as awarding medals to soldiers returning from the force he has sent to aid Russia.

A ceremony for North Korean soldiers in Pyongyang marked just the second time Kim Jong Un has publicly acknowledged the regime’s role in Russia’s war in Ukraine.

At present, the teams of Ukraine, the United States, and European partners are working on their architecture,” Zelenskyy said in an X post after a phone call with Netherlands Prime Minister Dick

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, who touted the guarantees with other European leaders when they conferred with President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday, was in Ukraine on Friday to lay out a framework to Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Ukraine has reportedly launched a new offensive operation against Russian forces, amid the ongoing war between the two nations. On Friday, the Kyiv Post reported that Ukraine's Third Separate Assault Brigade shared a post on Telegram detailing how they have executed several successful attacks against Russian forces in the Kharkiv Oblast.