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On Monday, President Joe Biden announced that the United States will send an additional $2.5 billion in weapons to Ukraine as his administration works quickly to spend all the money it has available to help Kyiv fight off Russia before Trump takes office. Ukraine has struck back at Russia ...
... spent and pledged to use all the remaining drawdown money before leaving office. "I've directed my administration to continue surging as much assistance to Ukraine as quickly as possible," Biden said in a statement. "At my direction, the United States will continue to work relentlessly to strengthen Ukraine's ...
In our news wrap Thursday, Russian President Putin reaffirmed his commitment to continuing the war in Ukraine, Luigi Mangione returned to New York as he faces additional federal murder charges and the 15-year-old girl who shot and killed two people at her school in Wisconsin had been in contact with a man in California who...
The Russian leader sought to project strength and ease at his annual news conference and call-in show Thursday.
... face inevitable retribution." In the past year, Russia has been on the front foot in the war, grinding deeper into the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine despite heavy losses. Ukraine tried to change the dynamic with an incursion into Russia's Kursk region, but it has continued to slowly lose ...
Speaking at his first press conference since winning the election, President-elect Donald Trump also threatened legal action against the Biden administration over sales of portions of border wall, saying he has spoken to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and other Texas officials about a potential restraining order.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s military intelligence agency claimed Monday that around 30 North Korean troops were killed or wounded in fighting against the Ukrainian army at the weekend in Russia’s Kursk border region. This is the first reported casualties since the Pentagon and Ukraine announced North Korea has ...
According to Ukraine’s air force, Russia kept up its drone attacks on Saturday, launching 132 across Ukrainian territory. Fifty-eight drones were shot down and a further 72 veered off course, likely due to electronic jamming, it said. The Russian Defense Ministry said its forces used long-range precision ...
... recent days that Russia and Ukraine immediately reach a ceasefire and said Ukraine should likely prepare to receive less U.S. military aid. Zelenskyy and Ukraine would like to make a deal and stop the madness," Trump wrote on social media last weekend, referring to Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy ...
... a Reuters investigation recently revealed the U.S. and its allies are facing a critical shortage of nitrocellulose, limiting the West's ability to resupply Ukraine with vital munitions. So could American influence flip Uzbekistan from being a problem for the West to a supplier for Ukraine? John Herbst: Either ...
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