UPDATE 1249 GMT:NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte is in Kyiv for consultations with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky. Zelensky said they should be similiar to NATO’s Article 5 that an attack on one member is an attack on all. UPDATE 1013 GMT:Two civilians have been killed and 24 injured by Russian attacks across Ukraine over the past day. UPDATE 0707 GMT:North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has praised his North Korean troops supporting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as “heroes”. pic.twitter.com/1TiadwmAqk — Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) August 21, 2025Earlier in the day, Zelensky told reporters that Ukraine is test-launching a new long-range cruise missile.