Feb 03 Watch 5:41 U.S. Senate weighs sanctions on Russia for aggression against Ukraine Biden administration and military officials were at the U.S. Capitol Thursday briefing senators on the growing tensions over Russia and Ukraine. This comes after President Biden sent 3,000 troops to Eastern Europe to bolster NATO allies. Senators face tough questions… Continue watching
Feb 02 Watch 4:56 News Wrap: Biden sends thousands of troops to Europe as Russian forces amass near Ukraine In our news wrap Wednesday, President Biden ordered several thousand U.S. troops to take up new positions in Eastern Europe as Russian forces crowd Ukraine's borders, militia fighters in Congo killed at least 60 people at a refugee camp, Jeff… Continue watching
Feb 02 U.S. to send 2,000 additional troops to Europe to reassure allies, Pentagon says By Aamer Madhani, Lorne Cook, Dasha Litvinova, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press The Pentagon says President Joe Biden is sending about 2,000 troops from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to Poland and Germany this week, and sending part of an infantry Stryker squadron of roughly 1,000 troops based in Germany to Romania. Continue reading
Feb 01 Putin says U.S. has ignored Russian demands but said talks are still possible By Vladimir Isachenkov, Matthew Lee, Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin says the U.S. and its allies have ignored Russia's top security demands but Moscow is willing to talk more to ease tensions over Ukraine. Continue reading
Jan 27 Russia says dialogue is still possible in Eastern European crisis, but sees “little ground for optimism” By Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press The Kremlin says the U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine leaves "little ground for optimism," but added that dialogue was still possible. Continue reading
Jan 26 As tensions in Eastern Europe rise, Russia threatens retaliation if demands over Ukraine are not met By Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press Russia has warned it would quickly take "retaliatory measures" if the U.S. and its allies reject its security demands over NATO and Ukraine. Continue reading
Jan 25 Watch 3:08 Ukraine believes Russian invasion not imminent, but Western allies remain concerned By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn Ukraine’s leaders on Monday tried to reassure the country, despite more than 100,000 Russian troops deployed near the nation's northern and eastern borders, and despite new announcements of Russian training exercises. The West considers an invasion as possibly imminent, and… Continue watching
Jan 25 Ukraine leaders urge calm, say Russian invasion not imminent By Yuras Karmanau, Associated Press Ukraine's leaders are seeking to reassure the nation that a feared invasion from neighboring Russia is not imminent. Continue reading
Jan 24 Watch 10:11 Examining the U.S. response options to the Russia-Ukraine conflict By PBS NewsHour The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is increasing its troop presence in Eastern Europe, and the United States announced Monday it was putting 8,500 troops on high alert to deploy to the region. Judy Woodruff discusses the details of the latest… Continue watching
Jan 21 U.S. and Russia aim to calm tensions over Ukraine crisis By Matthew Lee, Jamey Keaten, Associated Press The United States and Russia sought to lower the temperature in a standoff over Ukraine, even as they reported no breakthroughs in high-level talks aimed at preventing a feared Russian invasion. Continue reading