Missiles targeted an ammunitions depot in Bryansk region, Moscow says, with Foreign Minister Lavrov saying the US wanted to escalate the conflict.

Ukraine has fired long-range British Storm Shadow missiles into Russian territory for the first time, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing an unnamed Western official.

Ukraine has fired US-made ATACMS missiles into Russia’s Bryansk region, Russia’s Defense Ministry said, in a major escalation on the 1,000th day of war.

The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv says it will shut its doors after receiving warning of a potentially significant air attack

The U.S. and some other Western embassies in Kyiv said that they would stay closed Wednesday for security reasons, with the American delegation saying it had received a warning of a potentially significant Russian air attack on the Ukrainian capital.

North Korea could send up to 100,000 troops to aid Moscow in its war against Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned, amid reports that the North was sending additional long-range artillery systems.

The United States said on Monday it was Russia that is escalating the conflict in Ukraine by deploying North Korean troops, after the Kremlin warned that Washington would deepen its involvement in the war by allowing Kyiv's forces to strike far into Russia with U.

Ukrainian Ambassador to Japan Sergiy Korsunsky sounded the alarm about North Korea’s growing military role in Russia, saying Kim Jong Un’s troops are learning battlefield lessons that will pose a challenge for the United States and its Asian allies.

U.S. stock index futures fell on Tuesday as worries about escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine affected risk sentiment globally, with investors rushing to safe-haven assets. President Vladimir Putin said Russia could consider using nuclear weapons if it was subject to a conventional missile assault supported by a nuclear power,

Escalating tensions between Ukraine and Russia sent investors rushing into safe havens such as gold and Treasurys on Tuesday.