Trucks began rolling across the 3km New Yalu River Bridge connecting the Chinese city of Dandong with Sinuiju in North Korea on Thursday, with the crossing inaugurated by a cargo truck with North Korean flags and floral decorations and a cargo truck with five-starred Chinese flags and a red ribbon.

MOSCOW, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Russia is establishing a "security zone" inside Ukraine along their border, which will be non-negotiable in any future talks with Kyiv, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday.

A day in the Ukrainian capital, a new kind of battlefield far from the front, where daily life means assessing — and accepting — deadly risks.

Russian officials have said an oil refinery was hit in a suspected Ukrainian drone strike hours after Volodymyr Zelensky said he was "done" with a ceasefire on hitting energy facilities unilaterally declared by Donald Trump.

As many as 20 million Ukrainians could be displaced throughout Europe if the country is defeated, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday.

Kyiv lacks an answer, for now, to Moscow’s mass-produced new weapons.

President Donald Trump waived massive tariffs linked to Russian energy exports mandated in a law that he signed last month, as the measures complicated his push to lower diesel prices ahead of the US midterm elections.

One campaign has created social media posts focusing on U.S. support for Israel to sow discord ahead of the midterm elections.