The DPRK slammed Tokyo’s plans to open the first Asia-based liaison office for the US-led military bloc North Korea’s Foreign Ministry has claimed NATO is seeking to increase its influence in Asia, citing growing “military collusion” with Japan, which hosted a delegation from the military alliance last month to discuss ways to step up cooperation.

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Aleksandr Syrsky has acknowledged battlefield setbacks after Moscow has seized initiative Russian forces have continued their push further westward from Donetsk, forcing Ukrainian units to pull back from three more villages under heavy attacks by multiple brigades, Kiev’s top general has conceded.