• WATCH: Hegseth denies U.S. is betraying Ukraine at meeting of NATO defense ministers

    WATCH: Hegseth denies U.S. is betraying Ukraine at meeting of NATO defense ministers

    Feb 13, 2025 03:51 PM EST

    ... said that neither Russia nor Ukraine will “get everything that they want” in negotiations to end the war. Hegseth also warned that the war in Ukraine must “be a wakeup call” for NATO’s European allies to spend more on their own defense budgets. WATCH: Hegseth tells NATO Ukraine membership ...

  • Hegseth tells NATO Ukraine membership unlikely as Trump says Putin will discuss ending war

    Hegseth tells NATO Ukraine membership unlikely as Trump says Putin will discuss ending war

    Feb 12, 2025 11:55 PM EST

    President Trump spoke to the leaders of both Russia and Ukraine on Wednesday and announced that talks to end the war would start immediately. Earlier in the day, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth outlined major U.S. shifts on Ukraine, saying Kyiv should not expect to recapture all territory occupied by ...

  • Trump says he and Putin have agreed to begin 'negotiations' on ending Ukraine war

    Trump says he and Putin have agreed to begin 'negotiations' on ending Ukraine war

    Feb 12, 2025 06:19 PM EST

    ... invited the U.S. president to visit Moscow and expressed readiness to host U.S. officials in Russia for issues of mutual interest, naturally including Ukraine, the Ukrainian settlement." Meanwhile, Zelenskyy sought to put a brave face on what many in Ukraine will see as a major disappointment. In a ...

  • WATCH: Ukraine returning to original borders before Russian invasion 'unrealistic,' Hegseth says

    WATCH: Ukraine returning to original borders before Russian invasion 'unrealistic,' Hegseth says

    Feb 12, 2025 03:43 PM EST

    ... an attack on them all and met with a collective response. Membership is considered to be the ultimate security guarantee, and it's one that Ukraine has been trying to secure for years. European allies have hiked their military budgets since Putin ordered his troops into Ukraine, and 23 are ...

  • Ukraine's rare earth elements could help it keep U.S. military aid

    Ukraine's rare earth elements could help it keep U.S. military aid

    Feb 11, 2025 07:21 PM EST

    ... In 2021, the Ukrainian mineral industry accounted for 6.1% of the country’s gross domestic product and 30% of exports.An estimated 40% of Ukraine's metallic mineral resources are inaccessible because of Russian occupation, according to data from We Build Ukraine, a Kyiv-based think tank. Ukraine has ...

  • JD Vance will attend Munich Security Conference, where Zelenskyy will lead Ukraine’s delegation

    JD Vance will attend Munich Security Conference, where Zelenskyy will lead Ukraine’s delegation

    Feb 07, 2025 03:40 PM EST

    ... airfields. France said it had delivered the first fighter jets promised to Ukraine by President Emmanuel Macron last June. “The first of them arrived in Ukraine today,” Sebastien Lecornu, the minister of the armed forces, said on social platform X. Lecornu did not say how many planes were delivered. Ukraine ...

  • Trump's freezing of foreign aid is felt worldwide, including on Ukraine frontlines

    Trump's freezing of foreign aid is felt worldwide, including on Ukraine frontlines

    Feb 04, 2025 05:32 PM EST

    Across Ukraine, many other sectors are reeling from the aid freeze, which places additional strain on Ukraine's stretched wartime finances. Energy projects, veteran support programs, psychological helplines, cybersecurity, healthcare, independent media, and even border infrastructure projects have been affected. The aid was intended to help cushion the war's ...

  • As Trump talks of ending war, Ukraine losing ground to Russia

    As Trump talks of ending war, Ukraine losing ground to Russia

    Feb 03, 2025 05:05 PM EST

    ... He had moved him from a dugout to load him into a vehicle when the Russian mortar shell exploded nearby. "We are fighting back as much as we can, as best as we can," he said. Kullab reported from Kyiv, Ukraine. Associated Press journalist Volodymyr Yurchuk contributed to this report.

  • At least 6 are dead after Russian drone strike on Ukraine apartment building

    At least 6 are dead after Russian drone strike on Ukraine apartment building

    Jan 30, 2025 04:41 PM EST

    KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian drone blasted a hole in an apartment building in northeastern Ukraine during a nighttime attack, killing at least six people and wounding nine others, officials said Thursday. The Shahed drone blew out a wall and surrounding windows in the building in Sumy, a major city ...

  • Russia says it has captured a strategic town in eastern Ukraine after a monthslong battle

    Russia says it has captured a strategic town in eastern Ukraine after a monthslong battle

    Jan 27, 2025 01:26 AM EST

    ... Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced he would pause foreign aid grants for 90 days. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy later claimed that military aid to Ukraine would continue, but did not clarify whether humanitarian aid had been paused. Kyiv relies on the U.S. for 40 percent of its military ...