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At the end of 401 days of war in Ukraine, a new Russian attack in several provinces of the north and northeast hit civilian targets. Of the 10 Iranian-made Shahed-136 kamikaze drones and at least nine S-300 missiles launched, six hit civilian targets in Kharkov.

After ten months of uncertainty, Turkey's Parliament has ratified Finland's accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), which already has the green light from all members of the alliance. Sweden is still waiting to overcome the obstacles of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to his entry through old disputes.

The United States has new information that Russia is actively seeking to acquire additional weapons from North Korea in exchange for food aid, the White House said.

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Russia seeks food-for-arms deal with North Korea

The White House said Thursday it has new evidence that Russia is again seeking North Korea to supply weapons for the war in Ukraine, this time in a deal that would provide Pyongyang with food and other basic goods in return.

It is the latest accusation that Russia, desperate for weaponry and restricted by sanctions and export controls, is turning to "rogue" nations to help it press ahead with the 13-month-old war.

"As part of this proposed deal, Russia would receive more than two dozen types of weapons and ammunition from Pyongyang," White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said.

"We also understand that Russia intends to send a delegation to North Korea and that Russia offers North Korea food in exchange for munitions."

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Separated from his daughter and sentenced to two years in prison for a pacifist drawing

The story begins with an anti-war drawing and ends with a Belarusian KGB raid to hunt down a single father persecuted for criticizing the invasion of Ukraine.

This year, Alexei Moskalev became a fugitive. And his daughter, a legal orphan. All thanks to the new Russian repressive laws that officials apply with meekness before a citizenry prostrate in fear of the authorities. The KGB arrests the Russian father who escaped after being convicted of a pacifist drawing of his daughter

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Turkish Parliament ratifies Finland's accession to NATO

Turkey's parliament ratified on Thursday after ten months of uncertainty Finland's accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), which already has the green light from all members of the alliance, reports Afp.

After a brief debate, in which they acknowledged Finland's "legitimate security concerns", Turkish MPs voted unanimously for Finland to join the organisation.

The military alliance's secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, welcomed the ratification, saying on Twitter that it would "make the entire NATO family stronger and safer."

Turkey's green light leaves Finland, which shares a 1,340km border with Russia, just a few small technical steps away from becoming the 31st member of the US-led military bloc.

Authorities hope to complete the process next week.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine pushed Finland and neighboring Sweden to leave behind the historic policy of neutrality to apply for NATO membership in May. The Nordic countries presented their candidacies separately as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan especially hampered Sweden's due to a series of old disputes.

Their candidatures were accepted at an alliance summit in June, but then had to be ratified by member states, a process delayed by Turkey and Hungary.

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Russia attacks northeastern Ukraine with kamikaze drones and S-300 missiles

Russia last night attacked several provinces in northern and northeastern Ukraine with 10 Iranian-made Shahed-136 kamikaze drones and at least nine S-300 missiles, six of which hit civilian targets in the northeastern metropolis of Kharkiv, according to Ukrainian military authorities.

"The enemy continues to ignore the laws and customs of war and uses terrorist tactics against the civilians of our country," wrote the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in which it releases these details, reports Efe.

According to the Ukrainian prosecutor's office, some of the missiles - launched by Russia from the Belgorod region, 40 kilometers from the border with Ukraine - damaged several homes and two private cars. At the moment there are no known civilian casualties.

Of the 10 suicide drones launched by Russian forces, 9 were intercepted by the Ukrainian army with anti-aircraft systems, from aircraft or with mobile patrols that destroy them by firing at them from any position, the Ukrainian Air Force reported.

According to the latter source, the drones were launched from Russia's Bryansk region against the Ukrainian provinces of Sumy and Chernigov in the north and northeast of the country. The Air Force also identified "up to five more aerial objects, likely balloons," it said in its note about last night's attacks.

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