Jan 24 WATCH: Pentagon holds news briefing as the U.S. plans to approve Abrams tanks for Ukraine By Andrew Meldrum, Associated Press In what would be a reversal, the Biden administration is poised to approve sending M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, U.S. officials said Tuesday, as international reluctance to send tanks to the battlefront against the Russians begins to erode. Continue reading
Jan 24 WATCH: State Department briefing following report that Ukraine officials fired over corruption By Associated Press Zelenskyy was elected in 2019 on an anti-establishment and anti-corruption platform in a country long gripped by graft, and the new allegations come as Western allies are channeling billions of dollars to help Kyiv fight against Moscow. Continue reading
Jan 23 Watch 3:34 News Wrap: Poland steps up pressure to send tanks to Ukraine In our news wrap Monday, Poland stepped up the pressure to send tanks to Ukraine forces, the FBI's former top counter-intelligence agent in New York is accused of aiding Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, the White House fended off new questions… Continue watching
Jan 23 Former FBI agent charged with aiding Russian oligarch By Michael R. Sisak, Eric Tucker, Associated Press A former high-ranking FBI counterintelligence official who investigated Russian oligarchs has been indicted on charges he secretly worked for one, in violation of U.S. sanctions. The official was also charged, in a separate indictment, with taking cash from a former… Continue reading
Jan 23 Poland to ask Germany for sign off on sending tanks to Ukraine By Monika Scislowska, Associated Press Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki is pushing Europe to send more military hardware to Kyiv amid complaints that Germany is being too slow in helping to thwart Russia’s invasion. Continue reading
Jan 22 Analysis: Why tensions are high over a blockaded road in Azerbaijan By Jim Heintz, Associated Press Two years after Azerbaijan and Armenia ended a war that killed about 6,800 soldiers and displaced around 90,000 civilians, tensions between the countries are again high in a dispute over a road known as the Lachin Corridor. Continue reading
Jan 22 Russia official warns West of ‘global catastrophe’ for arming Ukraine By Andrew Meldrum, Associated Press The speaker of the lower house of Russia's parliament warned Sunday that countries supplying Ukraine with more powerful weapons risked their own destruction, a message that followed new pledges of armored vehicles, air defense systems and other equipment but not… Continue reading
Jan 20 Watch 3:38 News Wrap: Protests in Peru demand ouster of president and call for new elections In our news wrap Friday, Peru braced for more protests of crowds demanding the ouster of the country's new president and new elections, the Church of England has formally apologized for its treatment of LGBTQ people and what it calls… Continue watching
Jan 20 Watch 10:15 U.S. and European nations sending more arms to Ukraine, but not tanks By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn Ukraine is still battling through a winter of war and still appealing for tanks to help turn the tide against the Russians. The U.S. and dozens of other countries wrestled with that question for more than five hours at a… Continue watching
Jan 20 Ukrainian grain ship inspections decreased by half since October By Jamey Keaten, Associated Press Inspections of ships carrying Ukrainian grain and other food exports have slowed to half their peak rate under a U.N.-brokered wartime agreement. Continue reading