Top Ukrainian and U.S. officials discuss war, possible next moves by Russia Ukraine’s presidential office said Thursday that the Head of the Office of the President Andriy Yermak and Valerii Zaluzhnyi, the commander of Ukraine’s armed forces, had spoken on the phone with U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs […]
Russia carrying out ‘more concerted assault’ on Donetsk now, U.K. says In the last three days, Russia likely developed its probing attacks around the Donetsk towns of Pavlivka and Vuhledar into a “more concerted assault,” Britain’s Ministry of Defense said Tuesday. The settlements lie around 30 miles southwest of the city of Donetsk, and Russia […]
Kremlin dismisses Boris Johnson’s missile strike accusation Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov. Contributor | Getty Images News | Getty Images The Kremlin dismissed Boris Johnson’s claim that Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened him with a missile strike. The former U.K. prime minister claimed in a BBC documentary that he’d had a phone call with […]
Ukraine purges officials and governors in biggest shakeup of war Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks via video link during a meeting of ministers of defence at Ramstein Air Base in Germany to discuss how to help Ukraine defend itself, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine January 20, 2023. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service […]
Three ships leave Ukrainian ports under Black Sea Grain Initiative The Malta flagged bulk carrier Zante en-route to Belgium transits the Bosphorus carrying 47,270 metric tons of rapeseed from Ukraine after being held at the entrance of the Bosphorus due to Russia pulling out of the Black Sea Grain agreement on November 02, 2022 in […]
Global economic outlook may be less bad — but we’re still not in a good place, IMF chief says Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the IMF, said Friday at the World Economic Forum that the global economic outlook is not as bad as feared a couple of months ago — “but less bad doesn’t quite […]
Poland ready to take ‘non-standard action’ if Germany blocks export of tanks to Ukraine Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda at a press conference after their talks in Kyiv on May 22, 2022. Sergei Supinsky | Afp | Getty Images Poland is ready to take “non-standard action” and send Ukraine two […]
Death toll in Dnipro missile strike rises to 40 The death toll from a weekend Russian missile strike on an apartment building in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro has risen to 40, authorities said Monday, as Western analysts pointed to indications the Kremlin was preparing for a drawn-out war in Ukraine after almost 11 months of fighting. About 1,700 people […]
A winter freeze near Kharkiv allows for easier river crossing A winter freeze near Kharkiv allows Ukrainians to cross the frozen Siverskyi Donets River as workers repair a bombed bridge in Staryi Saltiv, Ukraine. Most of Ukraine continues to experience a daily barrage of both missiles and drones from Russia as the nation approaches the […]
U.S. Defense Secretary Austin and Chairman Milley will host Ukraine Defense Contact Group next week U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin (L) gives opening remarks as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley (R) listens during a virtual meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at the Pentagon May 23, 2022 in […]