• News Wrap: Russian strikes on Ukraine kill at least 21 people

    News Wrap: Russian strikes on Ukraine kill at least 21 people

    Nov 18, 2024 11:50 PM EST

    ... U.S. will contribute a record $4 billion to the World Bank's fund for the poorest countries. He also urged member nations to support Ukraine's sovereignty. President Biden is urging Congress to pass nearly $100 billion in emergency aid following Hurricanes Helene and Milton, as well as other ...

  • 'Kyiv Stands': Sullivan says U.S. role in defending Ukraine defines Biden's legacy

    'Kyiv Stands': Sullivan says U.S. role in defending Ukraine defines Biden's legacy

    Nov 18, 2024 11:45 PM EST

    ... people and their resourcefulness and their courage, but also thanks to President Joe Biden rallying countries from around the world, we defended Kyiv, we defended Ukraine, and Ukraine will continue to be a thriving democracy anchored in Western institutions in the future.And I do not believe that anything that ...

  • What Biden's decision to allow Ukraine to use longer-range U.S. weapons means for the war

    What Biden's decision to allow Ukraine to use longer-range U.S. weapons means for the war

    Nov 18, 2024 07:02 PM EST

    It hopes the weapons would help blunt Russia’s air power and weaken the supply lines it needs to launch daily strikes against Ukraine and to sustain its military ground offensive into Ukraine. If used in Kursk, the weapons would likely require Russian forces preparing for counterattacks to push back ...

  • U.S. shift allowing Ukraine to hit Russian soil with long-range weapons draws warning from Moscow

    U.S. shift allowing Ukraine to hit Russian soil with long-range weapons draws warning from Moscow

    Nov 18, 2024 03:24 PM EST

    ... Peskov said. Last June, Putin warned that Russia could provide long-range weapons to others to strike Western targets in response to NATO allies allowing Ukraine to use their arms to attack Russian territory. He also reaffirmed Moscow’s readiness to use nuclear weapons if it sees a threat to ...

  • News Wrap: Biden administration allows Ukraine to fire long-range missiles into Russia

    News Wrap: Biden administration allows Ukraine to fire long-range missiles into Russia

    Nov 17, 2024 10:45 PM EST

    ... missiles and drones. This comes as a senior U.S. official confirmed to PBS News that the U.S. will for the first time allow Ukraine to fire American supplied long range missiles into Russia. Ukraine has for months asked the Biden administration for this permission, arguing it could help ...

  • Russia targets Ukraine's energy infrastructure with large-scale missile and drone attack

    Russia targets Ukraine's energy infrastructure with large-scale missile and drone attack

    Nov 17, 2024 06:11 PM EST

    ... s border areas, it said. Russia’s Defense Ministry on Sunday acknowledged carrying out a “mass” missile and drone attack on “critical energy infrastructure” in Ukraine, but claimed all targeted facilities were tied to Kyiv’s military industry. Although Ukraine’s nuclear plants were not directly impacted, several electrical substations ...

  • German Chancellor Scholz spoke to Putin for first time in 2 years to push Ukraine peace talks

    German Chancellor Scholz spoke to Putin for first time in 2 years to push Ukraine peace talks

    Nov 15, 2024 08:34 PM EST

    ... a serious escalation. The U.S., South Korea and Ukraine say North Korea has sent thousands of troops to Russia to support its war against Ukraine. The Kremlin said Germany initiated the call, during which the leaders had a “detailed and frank exchange of opinions on the situation in Ukraine ...

  • News Wrap: Blinken pledges to rush aid to Ukraine in Biden administration's final months

    News Wrap: Blinken pledges to rush aid to Ukraine in Biden administration's final months

    Nov 13, 2024 11:40 PM EST

    In our news wrap Wednesday, Secretary of State Blinken pledged to rush aid to Ukraine in the Biden administration's final months, a U.S. government employee has been charged with leaking classified information about Israel's plans to attack Iran, the FBI revealed Chinese affiliated actors targeted telecommunications companies and drug overdose deaths appear to be showing...

  • Blinken says Biden is sending aid to help Ukraine keep fighting next year

    Blinken says Biden is sending aid to help Ukraine keep fighting next year

    Nov 13, 2024 04:22 PM EST

    KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Biden administration is determined in its final months to help ensure that Ukraine can keep fighting off Russia's full-scale invasion next year, sending it as much aid as possible so that it might hold Russian forces at bay and possess a strong hand in ...

  • Russian drone and ballistic missile attack kills at least 6 civilians in Ukraine

    Russian drone and ballistic missile attack kills at least 6 civilians in Ukraine

    Nov 11, 2024 06:35 PM EST

    Zelenskyy added that Ukraine is holding its positions in Russia’s Kursk border region, where Western and Ukrainian officials say Russia is being helped by thousands of newly arrived North Korean troops. He said Russia has deployed some 50,000 troops to Kursk. Also in Donetsk, near the recently captured ...