A fire ignited in the Kharkiv region after drones were launched at civilian infrastructure, Ukraine has said. And US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Russia's decision to revoke their ratification of a global treaty on banning nuclear tests was a 'step in the wrong direction'.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is considering holding presidential elections next spring, his foreign minister has said.'We are not closing this page. The president of Ukraine is considering and weighing the different pros and cons,' Dmytro Kuleba told a briefing.
He added that holding elections during the war with Russia would entail 'unprecedented' challenges.Under normal circumstances, presidential elections would be due to be held in March next year and Zelenskyy's five-year term would be coming to an end.However, under martial law elections in Ukraine are suspended.
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