President Alexander Lukashenko has ruled Belarus with an iron fist since 1994, relying on subsidies and political support from Russian President Vladimir Putin, an alliance that helped Lukashenko weather unprecedented protests over the 2020 election. Some observers say Lukashenko could now try to mend ties with the West.

U.S. negotiators worked on a proposed partial ceasefire in the three-year-old war in Ukraine on Monday, meeting representatives from Russia one day after holding separate talks with a team from Kyiv.

Vance and one of her three children will be part of a U.S. delegation that will “visit historic sites” and “learn about Greenlandic heritage.”

Russia launched a barrage of drones across Ukraine overnight Sunday that killed at least seven people, according to local Ukrainian officials and emergency services.

The annual event was designed to be held for 10 years until this year’s 50th anniversary of the end of combat operations in Southeast Asia, with subsequent Memorial Day ceremonies dedicated to veterans from the Gulf War, Iraq and Afghanistan.

Russia launched a drone attack on the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, killing three people and wounded 14, Ukrainian officials said Saturday, despite agreeing to a limited ceasefire.

Polish prosecutors filed charges Friday against a former defense minister, accusing him of exceeding his powers when he declassified parts of a plan for national defense that had been prepared years before under an earlier government led by Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

Western officials have accused Russia and its proxies of staging dozens of attacks and other incidents across Europe since the invasion of Ukraine three years ago, according to data collected by the Associated Press.

NATO plans to ask European allies and Canada to increase their stocks of weaponry and equipment by about 30% in the next few years, according to an alliance official. This would require a massive financial effort from most European allies and Canada, while U.S. outlays wouldn’t need to change.

Russian drones pummeled the Ukrainian Black Sea port city of Odesa, injuring three people and sparking massive fires, officials said Friday, an attack that underlined Moscow’s intention to pursue aerial strikes even as it agreed to temporarily halt strikes on energy facilities.