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WASHINGTON, Jan 12 (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on six North Koreans, one Russian and a Russian firm it said were responsible for procuring goods from Russia and China for North Korea's weapons programs, an action that follows a series of North Korean missile launches, including two since last week.

The U.S. Treasury Department said the steps aimed to

South Korea and the United States put on an aerial show of force to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday, flying 20 fighter jets over waters west of the Korean Peninsula in response to Pyongyang's recent missile tests.

The allies sent the jets -- South Korean F-35A, F-15K and FK-16 fighters and US F-16s -- over the Yellow Sea, known as the West Sea in South Korea, on Tuesday

KYIV, Ukraine – When I first arrived in Ukraine on January 23, the skies were gray and the weather cold. In the depths of winter, it snows in Kyiv almost every day and the sidewalks are treacherously icy. At the small coffee kiosk, little more than a hole in the wall, a young barista whipped up hot lattes and said she wasn’t worried about the prospect of war.  She was far from alone.  

Russian troops fought to take complete control of the eastern industrial city of Sievierodonetsk on Wednesday as the United States said it will provide Ukraine with advanced rockets to help it force Moscow to negotiate an end to the war.

U.S. President Joe Biden said Washington would provide Ukraine with more advanced rocket systems and munitions so it can “more precisely strike key