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07/12/2025July 12, 2025
Russian foreign minister arrives in North Korea
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has arrived in Pyongyang, according to state media.
Lavrov, who traveled from this week’s in Malaysia, is scheduled to remain in the country until Sunday.
During his stay — the latest high-level trip by a Russian to the hermit kingdom — Lavrov will meet with North Korean Foreign Ministry officials.
Upon departing North Korea Lavrov will travel to China, where he will attend a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) — an economic and security alliance consisting of Belarus, China, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan — on Monday and Tuesday.
North Korea has grown to be one of Russia’s closest allies since the launch of the war in Ukraine.
Beyond seeking to , the two increasingly sanctioned countries have mutual defense agreements and North Korea has .
South Korean intelligence has said Pyongyang may be preparing to .
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Skip next section Russia launches another massive overnight attack on Ukraine
07/12/2025July 12, 2025
Russia launches another massive overnight attack on Ukraine
Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha condemned overnight drone and missile attacks that authorities say killed at least two people and injured 14 more in the western city of Chernivtsi, near Ukraine’s border with Romania.
Ukrainian President said on his Telegram account that a total 597 drones and 26 missiles.
The western cities of Lviv and Lutsk, near Ukraine’s border with Poland, were also heavily damaged — with over 50 apartment, school and municipal buildings getting hit in Lviv alone. Major fires were reported as well.
Targets in central and eastern Ukraine were also hit say authorities, with damage reported in Kharkiv and Kirovohrad Oblast.
“Russia continues to escalate its terror, launching another barrage of hundreds of drones and missiles, damaging residential areas, killing and injuring civilians,” wrote Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha on X.
“Russia’s war machine produces hundreds of means of terror per day. Its scale poses a threat not only to Ukraine, but to the entire transatlantic community.”
Sybiha urged lawmakers in the EU and US to increase sanctions on Russia to stop its arms production and thus the endless nightly onslaught of drones and missiles mainly upon the country’s civilian population.
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Skip next section Welcome to our coverage07/12/2025July 12, 2025
Welcome to our coverage
Welcome to DW’s coverage of the latest developments in Russia’s war in Ukraine.
On Saturday, we start with Russia launching yet another massive overnight air assault. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha condemned Russian “terror” and the scale that it has grown to.
Sybhia’s Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, meanwhile, has arrived in Pyongyang. There he will meet with North Korean foreign ministers.
Stay tuned for more news and analysis.
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