• News Wrap: G7 foreign ministers renew 'unwavering' support for Ukraine

    News Wrap: G7 foreign ministers renew 'unwavering' support for Ukraine

    Nov 26, 2024 11:50 PM EST

    ... the Biden administration nears its final stretch. Antony Blinken, U.S. Secretary of State: The U.S. is continuing to surge security assistance to bolster Ukraine's defenses in the east and to respond to the escalation by Russia. We're determined that Ukraine has the money, the munitions, and ...

  • WATCH: Pentagon holds briefing after Russia barrages Ukraine in drone attack

    WATCH: Pentagon holds briefing after Russia barrages Ukraine in drone attack

    Nov 26, 2024 05:24 PM EST

    KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched 188 drones against most regions of Ukraine in a nighttime blitz, the Ukrainian air force said Tuesday, describing it as a record number of drones deployed in a single attack. Watch in the player above. Most of the drones were intercepted, according to the air ...

  • South Korea claims Russia supplied air defense missiles to North Korea in exchange for sending troops to Ukraine

    South Korea claims Russia supplied air defense missiles to North Korea in exchange for sending troops to Ukraine

    Nov 22, 2024 05:58 PM EST

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Russia has supplied air defense missile systems to North Korea in exchange for sending its troops to support Russia's war efforts against Ukraine, a top South Korean official said Friday. WATCH: Biden meets with South Korean and Japanese leaders to discuss concerns about North Korea ...

  • NATO and Ukraine to hold emergency talks after Russia's attack with new hypersonic missile

    NATO and Ukraine to hold emergency talks after Russia's attack with new hypersonic missile

    Nov 22, 2024 04:31 PM EST

    ... been received. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s office continued to work in compliance with standard security measures, a spokesperson said. WATCH: News Wrap: Russian strikes on Ukraine kill at least 21 people Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate said the Oreshnik missile, whose name in Russian means “hazelnut tree,” was fired from ...

  • News Wrap: Russia tests new missile to attack Ukraine

    News Wrap: Russia tests new missile to attack Ukraine

    Nov 21, 2024 11:45 PM EST

    In our news wrap Thursday, Vladimir Putin says Russia tested a new intermediate-range missile to strike Ukraine, police in Brazil indicted former President Bolsonaro on charges of orchestrating a failed coup following his 2022 election defeat and the Danish military is closely watching a Chinese ship in the Baltic Sea after two major underwater fiber-optic...

  • WATCH: State Department holds briefing as Biden permits Ukraine using anti-personnel land mines

    WATCH: State Department holds briefing as Biden permits Ukraine using anti-personnel land mines

    Nov 20, 2024 05:38 PM EST

    ... and France said that their embassies remained open. Western leaders dismissed the Russian reaction to the U.S. missile decision as an attempt to deter Ukraine’s allies from providing further support to Kyiv, but the escalating tension weighed on stock markets after Ukraine fired ATACMS missiles for the first ...

  • U.S. will allow Ukraine to use American-supplied antipersonnel land mines against Russian forces

    U.S. will allow Ukraine to use American-supplied antipersonnel land mines against Russian forces

    Nov 20, 2024 02:46 PM EST

    ... and France said that their embassies remained open. Western leaders dismissed the Russian reaction to the U.S. missile decision as an attempt to deter Ukraine’s allies from providing further support to Kyiv, but the escalating tension weighed on stock markets after Ukraine fired ATACMS missiles for the first ...

  • On 1,000th day of war, Ukraine hits targets inside Russia with U.S.-made missile system

    On 1,000th day of war, Ukraine hits targets inside Russia with U.S.-made missile system

    Nov 19, 2024 11:55 PM EST

    One thousand days ago, Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine marked that grim milestone with a first, using a long-range American missile system to hit a target inside Russia. Also Tuesday, Russia updated its nuclear doctrine that says it could use nuclear weapons if attacked by a conventionally armed country supported by a...

  • Ukraine fires U.S.-made longer-range missiles into Russia as Putin lowers threshold for nuclear weapons

    Ukraine fires U.S.-made longer-range missiles into Russia as Putin lowers threshold for nuclear weapons

    Nov 19, 2024 04:08 PM EST

    ... ombudsman position and a new system of handling military contracts. There are no plans to lower the mobilization age from the current 25, even though Ukraine is short-handed on the front line, especially in infantry. Ukraine urgently needs to tackle its manpower difficulties on the front, but it can ...

  • 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 ...