• 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 ...

  • Kremlin denies report Putin and Trump spoke about Ukraine war last week

    Kremlin denies report Putin and Trump spoke about Ukraine war last week

    Nov 11, 2024 06:30 PM EST

    ... quickly end the fighting in Ukraine but did not offer details of how he would accomplish that.Russia has intensified strikes on civilian areas in Ukraine as the war approaches its 1,000-day mark. For its part, Ukraine over the weekend sent a massive wave of drones that rattled ...

  • Ukraine loses ground to Russia as Trump win leaves future U.S. support in doubt

    Ukraine loses ground to Russia as Trump win leaves future U.S. support in doubt

    Nov 07, 2024 11:30 PM EST

    Nick Schifrin: Trump's personal policy for Ukraine is unclear. But one plan proposed by former Trump advisers calls for the U.S. to indefinitely delay Ukraine's NATO membership, continue to arm Ukraine, but condition further aid on Ukraine talking peace, offer Russia sanctions relief, and Ukraine would at ...

  • An 8-hour Russian drone barrage keeps Kyiv on edge as the war in Ukraine nears 1,000 days

    An 8-hour Russian drone barrage keeps Kyiv on edge as the war in Ukraine nears 1,000 days

    Nov 07, 2024 04:57 PM EST

    KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Dozens of Russian drones targeted Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, in an eight-hour nighttime attack, authorities said Thursday as Russia kept up its relentless pounding of Ukraine after almost 1,000 days of war. Lone Russian drones and also swarms of drones entered Ukrainian airspace from various ...

  • On Ukraine's front and in Kyiv, hope and pragmatism compete when it comes to Trump's election

    On Ukraine's front and in Kyiv, hope and pragmatism compete when it comes to Trump's election

    Nov 06, 2024 05:37 PM EST

    ... for the United States to do at this particular point. Because there are already other Europeans in the game in terms of assistance to the Ukraine.” Find more of our Vote 2024 coverage INTERACTIVE: 2024 Electoral College Map SERIES: A look at Donald Trump and Kamala Harris' campaign pledges WATCH ...