Dec 12 U.S. announces new sanctions on Russia’s weapons suppliers By Fatima Hussein, Associated Press The Biden administration is hitting hundreds of people and firms around the globe with new economic and diplomatic sanctions as the U.S. targets third-country contributors that are equipping Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Continue reading
Dec 12 Watch 12:10 Zelenskyy makes his case to Congress for more U.S. aid in Ukraine’s fight against Russia By Lisa Desjardins, Teresa Cebrián Aranda, Nick Schifrin, Laura Barrón-López, Saher Khan, Kyle Midura Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is in Washington urging Congress to unfreeze badly needed military aid. The debate over U.S. aid comes as a declassified intelligence assessment details staggering losses for Russia. It shows nearly 90 percent of its pre-war force… Continue watching
Dec 12 Zelenskyy visits Capitol Hill with U.S. aid for Ukraine at risk of collapse By Lisa Mascaro, Stephen Groves, Associated Press Zelenskyy has told leaders in Congress that with U.S. aid his country can win the war with Russia. But Zelenskyy arrived Tuesday on Capitol Hill to a darker mood than when he swooped in last winter for a hero's welcome. Continue reading
Dec 12 WATCH: Biden, Zelenskyy hold briefing as Ukrainian president visits Washington to ask for aid By Lisa Mascaro, Stephen Groves, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press The White House is warning that if new money isn't provided by year's end it will have swift consequences for Ukraine's capacity to hold its territory, let alone take back land captured by Russia. Continue reading
Dec 11 Zelenskyy to address the U.S. military in Washington as funding for Ukraine’s war runs out By Tara Copp, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press President Joe Biden has asked Congress for $61.4 billion for wartime funding for Ukraine as part of a $110 billion package that also includes money for Israel and other national security priorities. Continue reading
Dec 11 Watch 6:10 Russia’s ethnic minorities disproportionately die in the war in Ukraine By Nick Schifrin and Sarah Cutler, Columbia Journalism Fellow In the nearly two years since Russia invaded Ukraine, 300,000 Russian soldiers have died or been wounded, many of them conscripts. For soldiers from Siberia and Russia’s Far East, home to many of Russia’s ethnic minorities, the price has been… Continue watching
Dec 10 Zelenskyy to meet with Biden as pressure builds for Congress to approve more Ukraine aid By Mark Sherman, Associated Press President Joe Biden and Ukraine's leader, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, will meet at the White House on Tuesday as the U.S. administration steps up the pressure on Congress to provide billions more in aid to Kyiv in its war with Russia. Continue reading
Dec 10 Zelenskyy attends presidential inauguration in Argentina as he seeks support for Ukraine By Karl Ritter, Associated Press Ukrainian President Zelenskyy traveled to Buenos Aires to witness the swearing-in of Argentina's new president, Javier Milei. It is the Ukrainian leader's first-ever trip to Latin America as Kyiv continues to court support among developing nations for its 21-month-old fight… Continue reading
Dec 09 Polish truck drivers’ border blockade causes ripple effects on the battlefield in Ukraine By Hanna Arhirova, Karl Ritter, Monika Scislowska, Associated Press Ukrainian charities and companies supplying the war-torn country’s military warn that problems are growing as Polish truck drivers show no sign of ending a border blockade that has stretched past a month. Continue reading
Dec 09 Ukraine aid deal by year-end seems increasingly unlikely as GOP ties it to border security By Stephen Groves, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press A deal to provide further U.S. assistance to Ukraine by year-end appears to be increasingly out of reach for President Biden as Republicans insist on pairing the funding with changes to America’s immigration and border policies. Continue reading