Jun 30 Watch 3:09 NATO leaders conclude a key summit in Madrid By Nick Schifrin The Russian military on Thursday withdrew from Snake Island off of Ukraine's coast, easing some of the pressure on Odessa, the country's most important port. It came as NATO leaders concluded a key summit in Madrid. Nick Schifrin joins Judy… Continue watching
Jun 30 Watch 7:17 Lithuania’s president on tensions with Russia and the war in Ukraine By Nick Schifrin Baltic nations arrived at the NATO summit with a real warning: that they could be Russia' next target. And in the last week tensions have increased between Russia and Lithuania. Lithuania's President Gitanas Nausėda joins Nick Schifrin to discuss. Continue watching
Jun 30 Secretary-General Stoltenberg vows to guard ‘every inch of NATO territory’ as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues By Jill Lawless, Joseph Wilson, Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press Jens Stoltenberg said NATO had a "core responsibility" to stop the conflict in Ukraine spreading, by making clear it would "protect every inch of NATO territory."… Continue reading
Jun 30 Russian forces leave strategic Snake Island, keep up eastern assault on last Luhansk stronghold By Francesca Ebel, Associated Press Russia has pulled back its forces from a Black Sea island where they have faced relentless Ukrainian attacks, but is keeping up its push to encircle the last bulwark of Ukraine's resistance in the eastern province of Luhansk. Continue reading
Jun 30 Denial and despair amid search in Ukraine mall after Russian missile attack By Francesca Abel, Associated Press Residents of the quiet, riverside city of Kremenchuk are reeling in the wake of a Russian airstrike that obliterated a shopping mall and killed at least 18. Continue reading
Jun 29 Watch 5:39 News Wrap: Death toll rises to 53 in Texas after migrants were found in abandoned truck In our news wrap Wednesday, the death toll rose to 53 in San Antonio, Texas, after migrants were found in an abandoned truck, the Supreme Court allows an Army veteran to sue Texas over claim that burn pits in Iraq… Continue watching
Jun 29 Watch 7:06 NATO moves to expand the alliance and boost defenses to counter Russia By Nick Schifrin, Teresa Cebrian Aranda, Zeba Warsi The North Atlantic Treaty Organization's 30 leaders on Wednesday officially invited Finland and Sweden to become members, and released a new strategic vision that called Russia the alliance’s most significant threat. Meanwhile, the U.S. announced it would deploy thousands of… Continue watching
Jun 29 Russians battling to encircle Ukraine’s last eastern stronghold By Francesca Ebel, Associated Press Moscow’s battle to wrest the entire Donbas region from Ukraine saw Russian forces pushing toward two villages south of Lysychansk while Ukrainian troops fought to prevent their encirclement. Continue reading
Jun 29 NATO says Russia is ‘most significant and direct threat’ to members, security By Jill Lawless, Joseph Wilson, Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press But Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy chided NATO for not embracing his embattled country more fully and asked for more weapons to defeat Moscow's forces. Continue reading
Jun 28 U.S., NATO to increase military presence in Europe amid Russian aggression By Zeke Miller, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press The president after meeting with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is also denouncing Russia's Vladimir Putin for trying to "wipe out" Ukrainian culture in the ongoing war in eastern Europe. Continue reading