Ukrainian drones injured eight workers from the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant while they were at a nearby electrical substation, Russia's Rosatom nuclear power company said on Wednesday. The site of the substation is about 2.5 miles from the ZNPP, which has come...
Ukraine’s Zelensky Rejects Idea of Ceasefire With Russia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky rejected the idea of a ceasefire with Russia in an interview with Bloomberg on Wednesday. The Ukrainian leader said he wouldn't accept a ceasefire that leaves Russian forces in areas of Ukraine they have captured and said Russian...
NATO Members Agree To Give Ukraine $43 Billion in Military Aid for 2025
NATO allies have agreed to pledge $43 billion in military aid for Ukraine, which will be provided next year, Reuters reported on Wednesday. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg was looking for the alliance to make a multi-year commitment to ensure long-term support...
Ukraine Will Be Told It’s Too Corrupt To Join NATO at Next Week’s Summit
Ukraine will be told that it is too corrupt to join NATO at the alliance's summit in Washington next week, The Telegraph reported on Tuesday. The report cited a US State Department official who said Ukraine needed to take "additional steps" before talks on its NATO...
Hungary’s Orban Visits Ukraine, Suggests Zelensky Consider a Ceasefire
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban made his first wartime visit to Ukraine on Tuesday and suggested to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that he agree to a ceasefire with Russia. Zelensky's so-called "peace formula," which he has been pushing as a way to end...
Austin Says US Will Provide Ukraine With New $2.3 Billion Weapons Package
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin hosted his Ukrainian counterpart in Washington on Tuesday and said the US would soon announce a $2.3 billion weapons package for Ukraine. "I am proud that the United States will soon announce more than $2.3 billion in new security...
US Military Raises Alert Level at Europe Bases Amid Russia Tensions
The US military has raised its alert level at bases in Europe amid soaring tensions with Russia that are the result of the US increasing its support for Ukrainian attacks on Russian territory. US and Western officials told The New York Times that the alert levels were...
Ukraine Recruits More Than 3,000 Soldiers From Prisons
Ukraine has released over 3,000 prisoners on parole and assigned them to military units after President Voldomyr Zelensky signed a bill into law in May that allowed recruitment from Ukraine's prisons. Ukraine's Justice Ministry estimates that around 27,000 prisoners...
Ukraine Pushing NATO To Create No-Fly Zone Over Western Ukraine
Ukrainian officials are pushing NATO countries to impose a no-fly zone over western Ukraine using air defense systems in eastern Europe, a step that would mean direct NATO involvement in the war with Russia. "I don’t understand why NATO doesn’t deploy Patriot systems...
Biden, Zelensky Sign 10-Year Bilateral Military Deal
On Thursday, President Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a 10-year US-Ukraine bilateral military agreement on the sidelines of the Group of Seven summit in Italy. The deal affirms that the US will continue training Ukrainian forces, providing...