Ukraine

West Wing aides have noted that public support goes up for Ukraine funding any time there is a major moment in the conflict. They plan to take advantage of a pair of upcoming international appearances by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to keep the pressure on Republicans. Zelenskyy is expected to…

More than 300 Ukrainian athletes, coaches and sports personnel have been killed on the front lines since Russia invaded its neighbor last year, and hundreds of training facilities across the country have either been destroyed or damaged by Russian bombings, according to Ukrainian officials.  But many athletes continue to train…

Last Updated: August 19, 2023, 15:18 IST Kyiv, Ukraine Ukraine War: Zelensky said a polytechnic university and a theatre in Chernihiv have been struck by Russian missile strikes and warned of casualties. (Image: Reuters) Ukraine War: Zelensky said that Russia hit the central square of Chernihiv and also struck a…

(Reuters) - Russia launched 17 drones overnight attempting to strike Ukraine's northern, central and western regions, Ukraine's Air Force said on Saturday. The Air Force said that 15 of the Russia-launched Iranian-made Shahed drones were shot down. It was not immediately clear what happened to the two drones that were…

Belarus will respond to aggression without warning, President Alexander Lukashenko.He called for diplomacy between Ukraine and Russia.But asserted that Belarus would help Russia.Russian President Vladimir Putin is not pushing Belarus into joining the war in Ukraine, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said, but he warned that Minsk would respond to external…

Alexander Khodakovsky, commander of the Vostok brigade. File photo- Reuters Alexander Khodakovsky, the commander of the “Vostok” Battalion, has put forth a proposal to halt the conflict in Ukraine, advocating for a freeze along the existing frontlines. This idea revives a perspective that had been largely dormant since Yevgeny Prigozhin…

By ZeroHedge - Aug 17, 2023, 2:00 PM CDT Saudi Aramco leads the profit rankings, followed by tech giants Apple and Microsoft. The global energy crisis has brought three oil and gas companies to the top 8, a significant increase from just one in 2019. The profitability of many state…

ANKARA — The first cargo ship to leave a Ukrainian port under Russian threat reached Turkish waters safely on Thursday. According to the Vessel Finder website, which tracks marine traffic, Hong Kong-flagged Joseph Schulte reached Turkish waters safely Thursday evening local time. It departed from Ukraine’s Black Sea port of…

Foreign Affairs Why Peace Talks, But No Peace? The U.S. has prevented earnest negotiations and prolonged the war in Ukraine. (Photo by OLEKSII FILIPPOV/AFP via Getty Images) Rarely mentioned in current commentaries on the war in Ukraine, in the early weeks that followed the February 24, 2022, Russian invasion, Russia…

The chief of staff for NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has angered Kyiv officials for suggesting Ukraine could become a member of NATO if it ceded some of its territory to Russia. Stian Jenssen, who has held the title of director of the Private Office of the NATO Secretary General…