Ukraine's parliament on Thursday overwhelmingly passed a draft "victory" budget for 2023 that includes a record $38 billion deficit that Kyiv is expecting its Western backers to cover. "Do everything to bring victory closer. It was with this philosophy that we drafted...
The Biden administration said Wednesday that it has seen no indication that Russia is preparing to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine after a media report claimed Russian officials were discussing the matter. "We continue to monitor this as best we can, and we see no...
Russia on Wednesday agreed to rejoin the deal that has allowed grain shipments to leave Ukraine's Black Sea ports after successful mediation from Turkey. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan announced that grain shipments resumed out of safe corridors set up by the...
After over eight months of pouring tens of billions of dollars worth of weapons into Ukraine, the Biden administration has announced some steps it will take toward oversight of the military aid. The State Department announced the plan on October 27. It focuses on...
On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the "necessary conditions" for peace talks with Ukraine could arise and acknowledged Kyiv was not ready for negotiations at this time. "We reached an agreement with them in Istanbul, but they've thrown all of that...
Russia on Monday launched more missile barrages against Ukrainian energy infrastructure after it said Ukraine launched a drone attack on the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Crimea. According to Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, the strikes targeted 10 regions across...
Amid talk that a Republican-controlled Congress may not be willing to write a "blank check" for Ukraine, Kyiv's message to the GOP is that they need to provide money to fund the Ukrainian government on top of the weapons they need to fight Russia. Ukrainian officials...
A Pentagon official told reporters on Monday that US military personnel have recently begun onsite inspections of US-provided weapons inside Ukraine, confirming a small US military presence on the ground. "US personnel have recently resumed onsite inspections to...
Turkey on Monday said it was committed to ensuring grain will keep shipping out of Ukraine's Black Sea ports despite Moscow saying it would suspend its participation in the export deal. "Even if Russia behaves hesitantly because it didn’t receive the same benefits, we...
Finland's national law enforcement agency, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), has warned that weapons being shipped to Ukraine are ending up in the hands of criminal gangs. The Finnish broadcaster YLE reported Sunday that a preliminary investigation conducted...
