Russian-backed authorities in Russian-controlled areas of Ukraine have reported that a huge majority of voters favor joining Russia as referendums concluded on Tuesday. Referendums on joining Russia were held in the breakaway Donbas republics of Luhansk and Donetsk...
Congressional Negotiators Agree on $12 Billion in New Ukraine Aid
Congressional negotiators agreed to include nearly $12 billion in new spending on the war in Ukraine in a stopgap spending bill that will likely be voted on this week, Reuters reported on Monday. Sources told Reuters that the $12 billion will include $4.5 billion in...
Russia Says It’s Had ‘Sporadic’ Contacts With the US on Nuclear Weapons
The Kremlin wouldn’t comment on specifics
Russia Says It’s Not Threatening Anyone With Nukes
On Friday, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that Russia wasn't threatening anyone with nuclear weapons and said Moscow doesn't want a direct conflict with the US and NATO. "We are not threatening anyone with nuclear weapons," Ryabkov said. "The...
US Warns of ‘Catastrophic Consequences’ If Russia Uses Nukes
US would respond ‘decisively’
Russian Lawmaker Says Ukrainian Territories Could Be Absorbed by Russia on September 30
The areas of Russian-controlled Ukraine that are holding referendums on joining Russia may be absorbed by the Russian Federation on September 30, a Russian lawmaker told TASS on Saturday. Referendums are currently being held in the self-declared republics of Donestk...
EU Members Divided on Giving Asylum to Russians Fleeing Mobilization
The Baltic states don’t want them
Russia, Ukraine Carry Out Major Prisoner Swap Brokered by Turkey and Saudi Arabia
The swap involved nearly 300 people
EU May Not Find Consensus on New Russia Sanctions
Hungary is planning to poll its citizens
Blinken Says US Will Continue to Support Ukraine Despite Putin’s Nuclear Warning
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday signaled that there will be no change to the US policy of supporting Ukraine despite warnings from Russia that they could use nuclear weapons to defend Russian territory. Speaking to the UN Security Council, Blinken said...