Tensions remained high after a rare series of drone attacks in Moscow damaged buildings on Tuesday, the first strikes to hit civilian residences in the Russian capital since the invasion of Ukraine in early 2022. Russia said it scuttled all of the drones, and Ukraine said it was not directly involved in the attacks.
Ukrainians in the nation’s capital, Kyiv, woke up to destruction in parts of the city on Wednesday, following what Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described as a “pretty loud day.” Debris from strikes killed at least one person and wounded four others.
Here’s the latest on the war and its ripple effects across the globe.
U.S. to Turkey: It’s time for Sweden to join NATO. Turkey has for months dragged its feet on allowing Sweden to join NATO, but U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said there is no reason to further delay the country’s accession to the military alliance, Missy Ryan reports from Lulea, Sweden.
“We’ll be better off when that process is finalized. And so we urge both Turkiye and Hungary, who also has not yet ratified, to ratify their accession as quickly as possible,” Blinken told reporters, using Turkey’s official name. “There is no reason for any further time; Sweden is ready now. … The time is now.”
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