Russia and North Korea opened the first road bridge across their shared border on Monday, a development Russian officials hailed as boosting the nations’ deepening ties.

Russia has launched one of the biggest overnight missile barrages on Kyiv in weeks, ending a brief pause in attacks on the Ukrainian capital while US envoys visited the city in an effort to kick-start peace talks. The strikes, which began in the early hours of Tuesday, killed two and injured 10, city authorities and emergency services said.

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Russia will shutter the German consulate in St. Petersburg, deepening a diplomatic dispute that began with Germany accusing Moscow of responsibility for a failed drone attack.