• In Russia, espionage and treason cases have skyrocketed since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine

    In Russia, espionage and treason cases have skyrocketed since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine

    Jul 14, 2024 03:32 PM EDT

    ... Ukrainian charities or groups fighting alongside Kyiv’s forces, setting military enlistment offices in Russia on fire, and even private phone conversations with friends in Ukraine about moving there. Ksenia Khavana, 33, was arrested in Yekaterinburg in February on treason charges, accused of collecting money for Ukraine’s military. The ...

  • News Wrap: NATO leaders discuss Ukraine membership at final day of summit

    News Wrap: NATO leaders discuss Ukraine membership at final day of summit

    Jul 11, 2024 10:50 PM EDT

    In our news wrap Thursday, NATO leaders spent the final day of their summit discussing the state of the alliance and Ukraine's goal of becoming a member, Israel said its negotiating team is heading to Cairo for continued talks for a possible cease-fire deal with Hamas and the storm system that was Hurricane Beryl brought...

  • German Chancellor Scholz on NATO's future, supporting Ukraine and working with Biden

    German Chancellor Scholz on NATO's future, supporting Ukraine and working with Biden

    Jul 11, 2024 10:45 PM EDT

    The NATO summit in Washington is wrapping up after a week of sustaining and expanding support for Ukraine. Amna Nawaz spoke with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz about how NATO leaders are preparing to tackle some of the biggest geopolitical challenges facing the world, what he thinks about President Biden and the prospect of a return...

  • WATCH: Ukraine's Zelenskyy asks Biden to lift U.S. limits on striking Russian military targets

    WATCH: Ukraine's Zelenskyy asks Biden to lift U.S. limits on striking Russian military targets

    Jul 11, 2024 10:22 PM EDT

    ... bolster Ukraine's air defenses against a deadly onslaught of Russian airstrikes. The Patriot air defense system, the second the U.S. has provided to Ukraine, is one of several announced this week at the NATO summit and is part of a swell of pledges to get weapons to Ukraine ...

  • Czech president on Ukraine's fight against Russia and NATO's future if Trump wins

    Czech president on Ukraine's fight against Russia and NATO's future if Trump wins

    Jul 10, 2024 10:35 PM EDT

    ... So, I think his message came through.If Donald Trump gets elected again, I don't think it will mean any disaster for Europe or Ukraine, because the United States are aware that they need Europe, the same way as Europe needs the United States. Geoff Bennett: Is that a ...

  • Poland's foreign minister on defending Ukraine and its path to NATO membership

    Poland's foreign minister on defending Ukraine and its path to NATO membership

    Jul 09, 2024 10:45 PM EDT

    Nick Schifrin: This week, Poland signed a security agreement with Ukraine that includes looking into the possibility of -- quote -- "intercepting in Ukraine's airspace missiles and UAVs fired in the direction of the territory of Poland." Are you, a member of NATO, considering shooting down Russian missiles? Radoslaw Sikorski: Well ...

  • Rescue operations continue at Ukraine children’s hospital struck by Russian missiles

    Rescue operations continue at Ukraine children’s hospital struck by Russian missiles

    Jul 09, 2024 05:41 PM EDT

    Over the past year, Moscow has been honing tactics to break through Ukraine’s air defenses, said Alexander Kovalenko, a military analyst from Information Resistance, a Kyiv-based think tank. Russia used a large number of various types of missiles Monday that, arriving together, made it hard for Ukrainian air ...

  • Putin hosts India's prime minister in Russia to deepen ties, but war in Ukraine looms

    Putin hosts India's prime minister in Russia to deepen ties, but war in Ukraine looms

    Jul 09, 2024 02:49 PM EDT

    ... ties with India during the Cold War, and New Delhi's importance as a key trading partner with Moscow has grown since the war in Ukraine. China and India are key buyers of Russian oil following sanctions imposed by the United States and its allies that shut most Western markets ...

  • News Wrap: At least 31 dead in Ukraine after a Russian missile attack

    News Wrap: At least 31 dead in Ukraine after a Russian missile attack

    Jul 08, 2024 10:40 PM EDT

    In our news wrap Monday, at least 31 people are dead after a barrage of Russian missiles on Ukraine, Hurricane Beryl made landfall on the Texas Gulf Coast, Boeing accepted a Justice Department plea deal to avoid a criminal trial and Hamas said new Israeli military escalations in Gaza could have repercussions on cease-fire negotiations.

  • Where Putin stands on using nuclear weapons to win Russia's war in Ukraine

    Where Putin stands on using nuclear weapons to win Russia's war in Ukraine

    Jul 06, 2024 10:53 PM EDT

    With the West allowing Ukraine to hit Russian territory, Putin threatened to respond by providing weapons to Western adversaries worldwide. He underscored the message in June by signing a mutual defense pact with North Korea, signaling Moscow could start arms deliveries to Pyongyang. He also declared that Moscow would start ...