On Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky acknowledged for the first time Ukraine's US-backed ground incursion into Russia's Kursk Oblast, which began on August 6. Zelensky said in his nightly address that the Ukrainian military was working "to push the war...
The Pentagon said on Thursday that Ukraine is allowed to use US weapons in its offensive in Russia's Kursk Oblast, which began on Tuesday. Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh was asked if Ukraine's use of US-provided weapons in Kursk was "consistent" with US policy....
Russia said Wednesday that its forces were fighting off a Ukrainian ground incursion into Russia's Kursk Oblast, an attack President Vladimir Putin called a "large-scale provocation." So far, Ukrainian officials have been quiet about the cross-border attack, which was...
Sergey Shoigu, the head of Russia's Security Council, warned Tuesday that the longer the war in Ukraine goes on, the higher the cost will be for Ukraine to achieve peace. "Each day it waits to make this decision [to settle the conflict] results in the loss of control...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has asked Iranian Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to avoid civilian casualties in Iran's expected reprisal attack on Israel for the killing of Hamas's political chief in Tehran, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing two unnamed...
On Sunday, Ukrainian officials ordered evacuations from some areas of the eastern Donetsk Oblast as Russian forces are making gains. Vadym Filashkin, the Ukrainian governor of Donetsk, said he ordered the mandatory evacuation of children and their parents from several...
A new poll about a planned US missile deployment to Germany shows that more Germans are opposed to the idea than favor it. The US recently announced that starting in 2026, it will be deploying missile systems that were previously banned by the Intermediate-Range...
The US and Russia conducted a major prisoner swap on Thursday that freed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former US Marine Paul Whelan. Gershkovich was arrested in March 2023 on charges of espionage, which were rejected by the US government and the...
The EU on Friday announced it was transferring about $1.6 billion in frozen Russian Central Bank assets to Ukraine for the purchase of weapons. The step is the first time the EU has dipped into the frozen Russian assets to fund the proxy war and marks a significant...
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Sunday that Russia could deploy new missile systems in response to a planned US missile deployment to Germany and warned of a Cold War-style incident. Earlier this month, the US announced it would deploy missiles to Germany in...
