• Ukraine gets more air defense missiles from Spain to fight deadly Russian glide bombs

    Ukraine gets more air defense missiles from Spain to fight deadly Russian glide bombs

    May 27, 2024 07:55 PM EDT

    ... Ukraine’s military intelligence, GUR, an intelligence official told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to comment publicly. Ukraine’s previous long-range attack record was at 1,500 kilometers (930 miles) when a drone struck an oil refinery in Russia’s Bashkortostan ...

  • U.S. announces $275 million in new military assistance for Ukraine

    U.S. announces $275 million in new military assistance for Ukraine

    May 24, 2024 08:12 PM EDT

    ... military can use it to defend their territory and protect the Ukrainian people,” Blinken said in a statement. WATCH: U.S. may lift ban on Ukraine using American-supplied weapons to strike inside Russia “The United States and the international coalition we have assembled will continue to stand with Ukraine ...

  • U.S. may lift ban on Ukraine using American-supplied weapons to strike inside Russia

    U.S. may lift ban on Ukraine using American-supplied weapons to strike inside Russia

    May 23, 2024 10:55 PM EDT

    ... steps that the U.S. and Western allies have taken, increasing the number of weapons systems that have been sent, increasing the ways in which Ukraine can fight back against Russia, and then talking about things like U.S. advisers in the conflict or Western troops behind the lines. These ...

  • With Ukraine losing ground, allies debate how to squeeze cash out of frozen Russian assets

    With Ukraine losing ground, allies debate how to squeeze cash out of frozen Russian assets

    May 23, 2024 07:59 PM EDT

    ... seize the roughly $5 billion in Russian state assets located in the U.S. The law was included in the U.S. aid package for Ukraine and other nations, which includes roughly $61 billion for Ukraine’s defense. As the Stresa meeting started, Russia published a decree from President Vladimir ...

  • Deadly Russian missile attack hits Ukraine's second-largest city

    Deadly Russian missile attack hits Ukraine's second-largest city

    May 23, 2024 02:16 PM EDT

    KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian missiles slammed into Ukraine’s second-largest city in the northeast of the country and killed at least seven civilians early Thursday, officials said, as Kyiv’s army labored to hold off an intense cross-border offensive by the Kremlin’s larger and better-equipped forces ...

  • Pentagon vows to keep weapons moving to Ukraine as Kyiv faces a renewed assault from Russia

    Pentagon vows to keep weapons moving to Ukraine as Kyiv faces a renewed assault from Russia

    May 20, 2024 06:56 PM EDT

    ... HIMARS) to Ukraine for an estimated $30 million. State said Ukraine has asked to buy three of the rocket systems, which would be funded by the government of Germany. The U.S. has now provided about $50.6 billion in military assistance to Ukraine since Russia invaded in February 2022.

  • Putin says Russia has no plans to capture Ukraine's Kharkiv, wants a buffer zone

    Putin says Russia has no plans to capture Ukraine's Kharkiv, wants a buffer zone

    May 17, 2024 02:05 PM EDT

    ... the authorities said a drone attack early Friday caused a fire at an oil refinery in Tuapse which was later contained. There were no casualties. Ukraine has repeatedly targeted refineries and other energy facilities deep inside Russia, causing significant damage.The Krasnodar region’s governor, Veniamin Kondratyev, said fragments of ...

  • China and Russia stress partnership as Moscow presses offensive in Ukraine

    China and Russia stress partnership as Moscow presses offensive in Ukraine

    May 16, 2024 02:42 PM EDT

    ... On the eve of the visit, Putin said in an interview with Chinese media that the Kremlin is prepared to negotiate over the conflict in Ukraine. “We are open to a dialogue on Ukraine, but such negotiations must take into account the interests of all countries involved in the conflict ...

  • Blinken says U.S. arms are helping Ukraine as nation faces a new Russian offensive

    Blinken says U.S. arms are helping Ukraine as nation faces a new Russian offensive

    May 14, 2024 01:54 PM EDT

    ... Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal that the U.S. intends to support Kyiv beyond the war's end. “The United States is determined, determined to help Ukraine succeed, succeed both in the battlefield victory but also succeed, as we would say, in winning the peace and building the strongest possible Ukraine ...

  • New film shows the toll Russia’s invasion has taken on animals in Ukraine

    New film shows the toll Russia’s invasion has taken on animals in Ukraine

    May 12, 2024 09:40 PM EDT

    ... going on that Ukraine still needs help and aid? Anton Ptushkin: Yes, that's, that's my dream, actually. And I just came back from Ukraine, and a couple days ago, I lost my friend in this horrible war. Unfortunately, you know, these stories, we, people of Ukraine that we ...