Army National Guard members from upstate New York are taking over the mission to train Ukrainian soldiers in their homeland, according to U.S. News & World Report, with reference to The Associated Press.
Honorary resident of New York City Sam Kislin, who was also a member of New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's Council of Economic Advisors, has visited Ruzhynsky district in Ukraine's Zhytomyr region to restore family ties, according to Zhytomyr Regional State Administration's press service.
A speeding car crashed into pedestrians on a sidewalk in New York City's busy Times Square on Thursday, killing one person and injuring at least 12, and police said the incident did not appear to be an act of terrorism, witnesses, police and news media said, Reuters reports.