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Said Trump, “It's something we have to have a quick discussion about because the president of Ukraine is in our country and he’s making little nasty aspersions toward your favorite president, me." Trump painted Ukraine as a country in ruins outside its capital, Kyiv, short on soldiers and ...
... kilometer (600-mile) front line. The war began when Russia invaded in February 2022, claiming among other explanations that it was safeguarding Russian speakers in Ukraine. During the fighting, Russia has gained momentum in Ukraine’s east. Ukraine, meanwhile, startled Russia by sending troops across the border in a daring ...
... through presidential drawdown authority, is one of the largest approved recently and will take stocks from Pentagon shelves to deliver the weapons more quickly to Ukraine. It comes as nearly $6 billion in funding for aid to Ukraine could expire at the end of the month unless Congress acts to ...
... in his address, called for the sustainment of Western support for Ukraine in its war with Russia. Biden helped galvanize an international coalition to back Ukraine with weapons and economic aid in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin's February 2022 assault on Ukraine. “We cannot grow weary," Biden said ...
... Ukrainian, not only sovereignty, but inviolability of borders. Russia should get out of Ukraine, including out of Crimea. Geoff Bennett: Poland has been one of Ukraine's staunchest supporters since this war started. How do you view Poland's role in helping Ukraine reconstruct after this war? Radosław Sikorski: I ...
... two weeks and Russia’s relentless attacks on Ukraine’s civilian energy infrastructure aims to inflict maximum damage,” von der Leyen said. “We will help Ukraine in its brave efforts to overcome this.” The main aim is to help Ukraine decentralize its power grid, and to become less reliant on ...
... eastern Ukraine.So far, the U.S. has allowed Kyiv to use American-provided weapons only in a limited area inside Russia’s border with Ukraine. Kyiv officials argue the weapons are vital to weaken Russia’s ability to strike Ukraine and force it to move its strike capabilities further ...
... to be able to be fired deep into Russia. There's a debate. But some senior U.S. officials continue to argue the targets that Ukraine wants to hit are beyond that range, the relatively few ATACMS that Ukraine has are better used in occupied Crimea, and ongoing concerns that ...
Zelenskyy wants more long-range weaponry from Washington, including the Army Tactical Missile System, known as ATACMS, for strikes in Russia. Lt. Col. Charlie Dietz, a Pentagon spokesperson, said ATACMS would not be the answer to the main threat Ukraine faces from long-range Russian glide bombs, which are being ...
In our news wrap Thursday, Russian strikes in Ukraine killed three members of the Red Cross, a North Dakota judge struck down the state’s ban on abortion saying the state’s constitution enshrines access before a fetus is viable, the Biden administration slapped sanctions on allies of Venezuelan President Maduro and Attorney General Garland denounced efforts...
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