Mar 26 Ukraine demands emergency UN security meeting over Putin's nuclear plans By Karl Ritter, Associated Press Ukraine's government on Sunday called for an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council to “counter the Kremlin's nuclear blackmail” after Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed plans to station tactical atomic weapons in Belarus. Continue reading
Mar 23 Zelenskyy visits front-line as Ukraine gears up for counteroffensive By Karl Ritter, Associated Press Ukraine's president has made his third visit in two days to areas that have felt the brunt of Russia's invasion. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made a trip on Thursday to the southern Kherson region which was mostly retaken from the Kremlin's… Continue reading
Mar 23 What is the uranium-based ammunition the UK is sending to Ukraine? By Tara Copp, Associated Press Russia has issued a full-throated warning that the West risks further escalation in Ukraine after the British government announced it's providing depleted uranium munitions to Ukraine. Continue reading
Mar 22 Watch 3:41 News Wrap: Russian missiles slam residential targets across Ukraine In our news wrap Wednesday, Russian missiles and drones slammed into residential and other targets across Ukraine, South Korea’s military says North Korea test-fired multiple cruise missiles into the sea, the head of Norfolk Southern faced calls for tougher regulations… Continue watching
Mar 22 Ukrainian civilians killed as Russian artillery strikes hit apartment building, dormitories By Hanna Arhirova, Associated Press Ukraine's president posted a video Wednesday showing what he said was a Russian missile slamming into an apartment building in the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, after Moscow's forces launched exploding drones that killed at least seven people at a student… Continue reading
Mar 21 Japan's prime minister offers Ukraine support as China's president backs Russia By Karl Ritter, Associated Press Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has made a surprise visit to Kyiv, stealing some of the global attention from Asian rival President Xi Jinping of China. Continue reading
Mar 21 WATCH: Pentagon says U.S. is speeding up delivery of tanks to Ukraine By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press The Pentagon is speeding up its delivery of Abrams tanks to Ukraine, opting to send a refurbished older model that can be ready faster, with the aim of getting the 70-ton battle powerhouses to the war zone by the fall,… Continue reading
Mar 20 Watch 8:13 Chinese president visits Putin in Russia as the countries increase cooperation By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi, Dan Sagalyn, Teresa Cebrian Aranda Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Moscow Monday for a three-day state visit to Russia. Relations between the two countries have grown closer over the past year as China’s imports of Russian oil have increased and both countries seek to… Continue watching
Mar 20 U.S. sending $350 million in ammunition, tanker trucks, boats to Ukraine By Lolita C. Baldor, Matthew Lee, Associated Press The State Department says the U.S. will send Ukraine $350 million in weapons and equipment as fierce battles with Russian forces continue for control of the city of Bakhmut, and troops prepare for an expected spring offensive. Continue reading
Mar 19 Putin makes surprise trip to occupied Ukrainian city of Mariupol By Karl Ritter, Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the occupied port city of Mariupol, his first trip to Ukrainian territory that Moscow illegally annexed in September and a show of defiance after the International Criminal Court issued a warrant for his arrest on war crimes charges. Continue reading