North Korean leader Kim Jong Un promised Russia’s top diplomat that his country would “unconditionally support” Russia’s war on Ukraine and preferred method of solving the

The legislation, which would allow the president to levy a 500% tariff on imports from countries that purchase Russian uranium, gas and oil, has gained momentum in the Senate as Trump has signaled he will escalate US action against Russia.

At least six people were killed, with over 20 people wounded, into early Saturday as Russia continued to hammer Ukraine with hundreds of drones as part of a stepped-up bombing campaign that has further dampened hopes for a breakthrough in efforts to end the more than three-year-old war.

Kyiv has recently suffered the most intense bombing it has seen since Russia began its full-scale invasion three years ago. On Friday morning, Russia carried out another drone attack on Odessa. The damage is part of a series of sweeping combined attacks that included what Ukrainian media called a "night from hell" in Kyiv on July 4,