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U.S. President Joe Biden touched down on French soil early Wednesday morning ahead of Europe’s D-Day commemorations as Ukraine’s ongoing war with Russia continues to roil the continent.

President Joe Biden had no answer to a question on the “endgame” for the Ukraine War during an interview published Tuesday, despite having recently escalated U.S. involvement in the war.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba implied in comments published on Tuesday that communist China is playing both sides of Russia’s invasion of the country, “in no rush” to support its ally Russia because it is waiting to see who wins.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Monday the United States could face “fatal consequences” for allowing Ukraine to use American weapons to strike targets on Russian soil.

The Netherlands said Ukraine will be free to use F-16s to attack targets within Russia as the Kremlin has warned of “fatal consequences”.

Zelensky claimed if Donald Trump tries to force Ukraine into accepting a peace deal with Russia he would become a “loser” president and would risk sparking a Third World War.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused China on Sunday of helping Russia to disrupt an upcoming Swiss-organized peace conference on the war in Ukraine.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán led thousands of his citizens in a peace rally in Central Budapest on Saturday, demanding an end to the war in Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived at a Singapore security forum, as he seeks to rally support amid the Russian offensive.

Pro-Ukraine House Republican chairmen on Friday said President Joe Biden allowing Ukraine to strike certain targets on Russia soil with American weapons is a half measure.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday he is working to establish a joint weapons production project alongside Argentina and its president, Javier Milei.

U.S. officials said on Friday that President Joe Biden has permitted Ukraine to attack certain targets on Russian soil with American weapons.

Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun rebuffed U.S. concerns about China’s “provocative” behavior toward Taiwan, and told the U.S. to stop sending “wrong signals” to “separatist forces,” at a meeting with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in Singapore on Friday.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán declared his support for Donald Trump after guilty verdicts were handed down in New York.

Ukraine can use weapons supplied by Germany against attacks from positions just over the Russian border, Berlin announced Friday.

Russian deaths and wounded crossed the half-million mark in the past week, per Ukraine’s publicly stated estimate.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken suggested President Joe Biden could one day support Ukraine attacking Russian territory with U.S. weapons.

During an interview with Bloomberg on Wednesday, Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo stated that “we are concerned that Russia is getting access to key component parts, particularly from China and other countries” so they can build weapons, which shows that

Russia is expanding a factory to produce at least 6,000 Iranian Shahed suicide drones per year, according to the Prana Network.

NATO members France and Poland stated publicly that Ukraine was free to use their missiles to strike targets within Russia.

The Swedish government said Wednesday that it will donate 13 billion kronor ($1.23 billion) in military aid to Ukraine, in the largest package of assistance Sweden has so far donated.

“Our task is to use the first F-16 on the battlefield this year and in such way fortify our positions,” Zelenskyy said.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is facing calls to resign after arguing Ukraine should be allowed to use Western weapons to attack the Russian mainland.

Zelenskyy and Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez signed a bilateral security agreement that allocates 1 billion euros of military aid in 2024

The Ukrainian government praised France’s “determination”, encouraging it to send soldiers to its territoiry quickly.

Pope Francis received a group of some 30 “Palestinian and Ukrainian children” in the Vatican this weekend, the Vatican reported.

Zelensky warned that Russia is preparing to intensify its offensive along Ukraine’s northern border as 14 were killed in Kharkiv on Sunday.

The Group of Seven (G7) nations said they had moved toward an agreement on squeezing more money from frozen Russian assets to give Ukraine.

On Friday’s broadcast of “CNN Newsroom,” House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) stated that Russia’s economy is “doing just fine” because China and India are buying their oil and while the delays in supplying Ukraine has hurt

Western nations should end their prohibition on Ukraine using their missiles to hit targets within Russia, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said.

Ukrainian forces have secured “combat control” of areas where Russian troops entered the Kharkiv region earlier this month, Zelensky said.

Ukraine’s Western backers are sending new tranches of weapons and supplies, but Russia attempts to taunt the effort.

The Biden administration is now weighing adopting a plan backed by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) that would allow Ukraine to strike Russia with U.S.-provided weapons.

The shooting of Robert Fico may be recognised as a terror attack after the gunman admitted he shot the PM for political reasons. 

The crowd attending former President Donald Trump’s historic rally in the Bronx erupted in a chant of “We love Trump!” and “Four more years!” — another warning shot for Democrats as Trump stumps in their own backyard.

Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) demanded to know from Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday why the Biden administration was placing conditions on Israel that it was not placing on Ukraine, since both were attacked without provocation.