The Bayraktar TB2 unmanned aerial vehicles have carried out unexpectedly successful attacks in the early stages of Ukraine’s conflict with Moscow.

Jim Hill was gunned down in the northern city of Chernihiv, where he was seeking medical treatment for his partner, his sister says.

The president and Xi Jinping will speak by phone on Friday, a conversation the White House says will center on ‘managing the competition between our two countries as well as Russia’s war against Ukraine and other issues of mutual concern.’

The action sets the stage for making it more expensive to import certain steel, aluminum and plywood items, among other goods.