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 shot down or disabled all of the drones in the attacks — which it blamed on Kyiv. Ukraine denied any direct involvement.
In Kyiv, Ukrainians woke up Wednesday to destruction in parts of their capital following back-to-back Russian airstrikes. Debris from a drone killed at least one person and wounded more than a dozen 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 dragged its feet for months on allowing Sweden to join NATO, but 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.”
Isobel Koshiw, Samantha Schmidt and Francesca Ebel contributed to this report.
