The White House has thrown its support behind legislation that's been introduced in Congress that would allow the use of frozen Russian central bank assets to fund Ukraine, Bloomberg reported. About $300 billion in Russian central bank assets was frozen by the US and...
Poland Resists Cooperation With Nord Stream Sabotage Investigation
Poland has resisted efforts to investigate the 2022 bombings of the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines that connect Russia and Germany, raising suspicion that the Polish government could have had knowledge of the attack, The Wall Street Journal reported. The leading...
Russia’s Intensified Airstrikes are Depleting Ukraine’s Air Defenses
Ukraine's air defenses are being depleted by Russia's intensified missile and drone attacks as Western military aid for Ukraine is drying up. "Intense Russian air attacks force us to use a corresponding amount of air defense means," Ukrainian Air Force spokesman Yurii...
Russia, Ukraine Conduct Major UAE-Brokered Prisoner Swap
Russia and Ukraine on Wednesday announced their largest prisoner swap of the conflict in a deal that was brokered by the UAE. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said 230 Ukrainians were freed in the deal, including 213 soldiers, 11 officers, and six civilians....
Putin Vows to Ramp Up Strikes on Ukraine After Belgorod Attack
Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed on Monday to ramp up attacks on Ukraine in response to the Ukrainian strike on Russia's Belgorod Oblast. "They want to intimidate us and create uncertainty within our country. We will intensify strikes. Not a single crime against...
Biden Again Warns the US Could Fight Russia Directly If Congress Doesn’t Approve More Ukraine Aid
President Biden on Friday called again for Congress to approve more spending on the war in Ukraine, claiming that if Russian President Vladimir Putin is successful in its war, it could risk pulling the US into a direct confrontation with Russia. Biden made the...
Report: US Is Shifting Strategy on Ukraine
The US and its European allies are quietly shifting their strategy in Ukraine from supporting Kyiv's unrealistic goal of driving Russian forces out to encouraging a defensive posture with future negotiations in mind, POLITICO reported on Wednesday, citing US and...
US Eyes Frozen Russian Central Bank Funds to Fund Ukraine
The Biden administration is quietly signaling its support for seizing more than $300 billion in frozen Russian central bank funds to use to fund Ukraine, The New York Times reported on Thursday. The central bank funds are held in the US, Europe, and Japan and were...
Putin Calls Biden’s Claim That Russia Will Attack NATO ‘Nonsense’
Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed President Biden's claim that Russia will attack NATO territory if it wins the war in Ukraine, calling the idea "nonsense." President Biden and officials in his administration have been claiming Russia will invade NATO...
Ukraine Claims SBU Blew Up Railways in Eastern Russia
Ukrainian officials speaking to media outlets on Friday claimed that the CIA-backed Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) blew up trains on railways deep inside eastern Russia. An anonymous Ukrainian official told POLITICO that several explosions were set off in Buryatia,...