A fresh package of direct U.S. military aid for Ukraine worth $400 million is expected to be approved Friday. The boost takes the total in taxpayer dollars the Pentagon has released to $32 billion with no end in sight as it continues to draw down existing weapons stocks.
Minister of Defence Boris Pistorius admitted this week that the German military is incapable of defending the nation if needed.
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” White House National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby said “we’ve been drawing down on stocks quite a bit” to supply arms to Ukraine, but that the Department of Defense has
China’s defense budget for 2023 will be unveiled on Sunday at the National People’s Congress (NPC) half of the annual “Two Sessions” legislative event.
The meeting of G20 foreign ministers hosted by India on Thursday ended in disarray, with the customary joint communique scuttled by “divergences that could not be reconciled,” according to Indian Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar.
The largest producer of whiskey in India, Allied Blenders and Distillers (ABD), began unprecedented liquor exports to Russia last month and is preparing a formal debut in that nation’s spirits market, multiple reports on Wednesday revealed.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said this week he supports the Chinese Communist Party’s “political settlement” proposal for the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a document urging “dialogue and negotiation” with little detail.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russian officials accused Ukrainian saboteurs on Thursday of crossing into western Russia and attacking local villages, an accusation that Ukraine denied and alleged would be used by Moscow to step up attacks.
The United States and NATO were warned by Russia on Thursday they face “catastrophic consequences” if they pursue further involvement in the Ukraine war.
India’s delicate balancing act between the Western world and Russia was put to another tightrope test on Wednesday, as both U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in New Delhi for this week’s G20 meeting.
Senate Democrats are under pressure to prevent a Washington, DC, law from taking effect that would allow foreign diplomats, including from China and Russia, as well as illegal aliens to vote in the district’s local elections.
Storch would not say if the DOD has complied with policy and law regarding end-use monitoring for weapons it has given Ukraine.
Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for a three-day state visit. Lukashenko endorsed China’s nebulous “peace plan” for Ukraine during a meeting with fellow dictator Xi Jinping, shoring up the rising China-dominated axis of authoritarianism.
Former President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he would strike a peace deal to end the Ukraine war “within 24 hours” if he were commander-in-chief.
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias has called for an immediate end to the war in Ukraine without any conditions.
A top Biden official said it is not clear how many more rounds of American taxpayer aid will be needed to sustain Ukraine.
There is no evidence any of the billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars spent on weapons and aid sent to Ukraine has been lost to corruption or diverted into criminal hands, the Pentagon’s inspector general said Tuesday, before adding investigations are still at an early stage.
Pressure is mounting on Ukrainian forces as fighting for the eastern frontline city of Bakhmut is getting ever more brutal with Russia.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday presented his country’s highest award, the Order of Friendship, to 70-year-old former action star Steven Seagal for “international humanitarian and cultural work.”
Ukraine’s long-standing pleas for NATO membership received an affirmative response Tuesday with the promise of it joining “in the long term” sure to infuriate Moscow.
Alexander Lukashenko will arrive in Beijing on Tuesday, kicking off a three-day trip in which he will meet Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.
The United States government has now officially accused Russia of war crimes. The ICC should investigate — on both sides — even if enforcement is difficult.
Larry Summers, former U.S. secretary of the treasury and former president of Harvard University, called for the Western governments to “seize” Russian government assets held in international banking institutions to “support” Ukraine and other countries during an interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria aired on Sunday.
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) – A planned concert by Slovenia’s popular bank Laibach in Ukraine next month has been cancelled after the group angered Ukrainians with remarks interpreted to suggest that Kiyv was a client state fighting a war for its Western masters.
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview broadcast Sunday that Russia has no choice but to take into account NATO’s nuclear capabilities, in remarks justifying Russia’s recent suspension of its participation in the New START treaty.
Ukraine’s Ministry of Digital Transformation has asked gaming giants Sony, Microsoft, and Valve to ban the video game Atomic Heart. The ministry is also imploring gamers to avoid the game, which it claims portrays Soviet imagery and propaganda.
Russia held its position as the largest coal supplier to Germany last year, despite Berlin being on the opposite side of the war in Ukraine.
Shortages of fruits and vegetables in UK supermarkets could last for months amid high energy prices, a leading farmers’ organisation said.
WNBA star Brittney Griner received a standing ovation as she took the stage during Saturday night’s NAACP Image Awards banquet.
Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) said on Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that the Biden administration needed to be clearer about whether U.S. support for the Ukraine war extends to Russian-occupied Crimea.
VUHLEDAR, Ukraine (AP) – The murky water oh so slowly trickles from the filthy drainpipe into her grimy container — the ticking seconds ramping up the risk that Emilia Budskaya could lose life or limb to Russian artillery strikes torturing her front-line city in eastern Ukraine.
President Joe Biden’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that U.S. officials have not seen China “take the step of providing weapons to Russia” to aid their efforts in the war in Ukraine.
BRUSSELS (AP) – The European Union agreed Saturday to impose new sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine targeting more officials and organizations accused of supporting the war, spreading propaganda or supplying drones, as well as restricting trade on products that could be used by the armed forces.
Representative Michael McCaul (R-TX) said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that “with enough pressure from Congress on both sides of the aisle,” President Joe Biden can be persuaded to give Ukraine F-16 fighter jets.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has downplayed the chances of a military victory for Ukraine, saying the war would likely end with negotiations.
Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX), the former White House physician during the Obama and Trump administrations, warned on Saturday that President Joe Biden’s cognitive decline is bringing the United States closer to an “all-out war” with Russia and China.
On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Deadline: White House,” White House National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby stated that while the United States won’t determine what a win looks like to Ukraine and they have to decide for
On Friday’s broadcast of “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that he believes “For sure” that the war between Russia and Ukraine will go on for another year, but the West will remain strong in support of
During an interview aired on Friday’s broadcast of CNN International’s “Quest Means Business,” Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo responded to a question on whether U.S. sanctions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine would involve sanctions on third parties and countries to
On Friday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “Wake Up America,” Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-IN) stated that while it’s good for the Biden administration to go to Ukraine, “the main reason” for the visit is “political” and the Biden administration is “neglecting
