Group of Seven leaders agreed at a summit in Italy on Thursday to give Ukraine $50 billion using frozen Russian Central Bank assets, a step that marks a significant escalation in the economic war against Russia. The plan is to provide the $50 billion to Ukraine by the...
Rep. Gaetz and Sen. Vance Request Information About State Department’s Role in Ukraine ‘Enemies List’
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday seeking information about the State Department's ties to a Ukrainian organization that compiled a list of hundreds of individuals and organizations who...
US Lifts Ban on Arming and Training Ukraine’s Neo-Nazi Azov Brigade
The State Department announced Monday that it has formally lifted a ban on arming and training the Azov Brigade, an infamous Ukrainian neo-Nazi military unit. The Azov Brigade celebrated the news, saying the "eligibility for US assistance will not only increase Azov's...
Ukraine Says Some of Its F-16 Fighter Jets Will Be Stored Abroad
A senior Ukrainian Air Force official said Monday that Ukraine plans to keep some of the Western-provided US-made F-16 fighter jets that it will receive at foreign military bases to protect them from Russian strikes, an arrangement that risks provoking Russian attacks...
State Department-Linked Group Smears Antiwar.com in ‘Anti-Ukrainian’ List
A State Department-linked Ukrainian NGO published a study on June 6 that listed hundreds of individuals and organizations that oppose aid to Ukraine in an effort to smear them as spreading "Russian propaganda." The NGO Texty.org.ua listed Antiwar.com and several of...
Macron Says France Working To ‘Finalize’ Plan To Send Troops to Ukraine
On Friday, French President Emmanuel Macron said France was working to "finalize a coalition" of NATO countries that are willing to send troops to Ukraine to train Ukrainian forces, a step that would mark a huge escalation in the proxy war. During a press conference...
In D-Day Speech, Biden Celebrates Deaths of Russian Soldiers in Ukraine
President Biden, first lady Jill Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron, and his wife Brigitte Macron in Normandy, France on June 6, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz President Biden celebrated the deaths of Russian soldiers in Ukraine during a speech in Normandy,...
US Warns Dual Citizens Will Be Stuck in Ukraine Under Mobilization Law
On Tuesday, the US Embassy in Ukraine issued a warning to US-Ukrainian dual citizens that they may no longer be able to leave Ukraine under the country's new mobilization law. Under martial law that was imposed in February 2022, Ukrainian males ages 18 to 60 cannot...
Ukrainian Official Says Ukraine Launched Strikes on Russian Territory With US-Provided Rocket System
On Tuesday, a member of Ukraine's parliament told The New York Times that Ukraine had launched strikes on Russian territory using US-provided HIMARS rocket systems after President Biden lifted restrictions on Kyiv's use of the weapons. Yehor Chernev, the deputy...
Biden To Skip Switzerland Ukraine War Summit Despite Zelensky’s Invitation
President Biden will skip a summit on the Ukraine war that will be held in Switzerland despite Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urging him to attend. The summit will be held on June 15 and is being billed as a "peace summit," but Russia has not been invited to...