Recent North Korea missile tests were practices to “mercilessly” strike key South Korean, U.S. targets; Zelensky warns against more Russian attacks on energy infrastructure.
1. North Korea’s military said Monday its recent barrage of missile tests were practices to “mercilessly” strike key South Korean and U.S. targets such as air bases and operation command systems with a variety of missiles that likely included nuclear-capable weapons.
2. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned on Sunday against more potential Russian attacks on energy infrastructure, while the mayor of Kyiv urged residents to consider preparing to leave temporarily if the capital lost water and power supplies. In regular nightly remarks, Zelenskiy said Russia was "concentrating forces and means for a possible repetition of mass attacks on our infrastructure. First of all, energy."
3. People lining Market Street Sunday paid their respects to former and current members of the nation’s armed forces during the Philadelphia Veterans Parade. Veterans parading down Market Street connected with old friends and waved to attendees thanking them for their service. More than 7,000 people participated in the parade, despite Sunday’s sporadic rain showers.
4. The United States military says it has carried out an airstrike in support of the Somali government’s operations against the al-Shabab extremist group that has killed some of the group’s fighters. A statement by the U.S. Africa Command on Saturday describes the airstrike as being carried out Thursday in “collective self-defense” and at the request of the Somali National Army near the town of Cadale in the Middle Shabelle region.
5. A website for Native American veterans to participate in traditional talking circles and storytelling with trusted elders. An app that locks a gun safe for a preset amount of time or requires a second person to approve opening it. A virtual reality headset for veterans on both sides of the justice system -- guards and inmates -- to use when they're stressed or depressed. Those are just a few of the 30 proposals for veteran suicide prevention that were on display in an office building in Washington, D.C., on Friday as the finalists in the Department of Veterans Affairs' Mission Daybreak competition made their case to judges in hopes of winning up to $3 million and having their idea turned into reality.
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