The Latest Breaking News from Avril Haines

WASHINGTON — China and the U.S. have locked themselves into a new cycle of recriminations, provoking fresh worries that the world’s two biggest economies are heading down a path that could one day lead to the once unthinkable: the possibility of open conflict.

Analysts say Ukraine is bleeding Russia of men and ammunition in eastern city as it prepares to counterstrike elsewhere.

The White House on Thursday called the latest barrage of Russian missile attacks targeting civilian infrastructure in Ukraine "brutal" and "unjustified." The attacks, which included use of state-of-the-art Kinzhal hypersonic missiles, killed at least nine people, knocked out electricity for many Ukrainians and disrupted power at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant.…

Avril Haines tells Senate hearing of ‘grinding, attritional war’ but sounds cautious note over Ukraine’s prospects in expected counter-offensive