May 23 Watch 9:44 U.S. may lift ban on Ukraine using American-supplied weapons to strike inside Russia By Nick Schifrin, Teresa Cebrián Aranda Ukraine is desperately trying to hold off a new Russian offensive that threatens its second-largest city. U.S. officials tell the NewsHour that the administration is debating whether to lift a restriction on the use of American weapons to target Russian… Continue watching
May 23 With Ukraine losing ground, allies debate how to squeeze cash out of frozen Russian assets By David McHugh, Fatima Hussein, Associated Press Many Ukraine supporters want to confiscate the $260 billion to make Russia pay for the widespread damage in Ukraine, and to keep Ukraine going in the fight. Continue reading
May 23 Deadly Russian missile attack hits Ukraine’s second-largest city By Illia Novikov, Associated Press Kyiv’s army is laboring to hold off an intense cross-border offensive by the Kremlin’s larger and better-equipped forces. Continue reading
May 22 Russia is waging a shadow war on the West that needs a collective response, Estonian leader says By Emma Burrows, Associated Press Estonia is seeing a rise in instances of sabotage, electronic warfare and spying. Kallas says not all nations see the attacks as interconnected, despite NATO's assertion that Russia is intensifying its campaign against the alliance from the Baltics to Britain. Continue reading
May 22 Russian attacks on Ukrainian power grid force Kyiv into rolling blackouts ahead of peak demand By Samya Kullab, Associated Press The airstrikes targeting the grid have brought blackouts to the capital, Kyiv, which hadn't experienced them since the first year of the war. Continue reading
May 20 Pentagon vows to keep weapons moving to Ukraine as Kyiv faces a renewed assault from Russia By Lolita C. Baldor, Tara Copp, Associated Press Austin and as many as 50 defense leaders from Europe and around the world were meeting Monday to coordinate more military aid to Ukraine. He said, "We're meeting in a moment of challenge."… Continue reading
May 17 Russia and China are supporting each other’s territorial reach, says Taiwan’s foreign minister By Simina Mistreanu, Christopher Bodeen, Associated Press Taiwan’s outgoing foreign minister, Joseph Wu, says Russia and China are helping each other to expand their territories. Continue reading
May 17 Putin says Russia has no plans to capture Ukraine’s Kharkiv, wants a buffer zone By Illia Novikov, Associated Press Putin’s comments on a trip to China were his first on the offensive launched on May 10, which opened a new front in the war and displaced thousands of Ukrainians within few days. Continue reading
May 16 China and Russia stress partnership as Moscow presses offensive in Ukraine By Emily Wang Fujiyama, Huizhong Wu, Associated Press At their summit, Putin and Xi reaffirmed a “no-limits” alliance that has grown deeper as both countries face deepening tensions with the West. Continue reading
May 15 Watch 4:24 Zelenskyy pleads for more support amid one of Russia’s largest offensives of the war By Nick Schifrin, Teresa Cebrián Aranda Ukrainian troops fell back to defensive lines amid one of Russia’s largest offensives since the beginning of the full-scale invasion more than two years ago. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has postponed all foreign travel, and U.S. Secretary of State Blinken announced… Continue watching