Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday vowed that Ukraine will eventually join NATO, repeating a provocative promise that the alliance first made at a summit in Bucharest in 2008. "Ukraine will become a member of NATO," Blinken said in Brussels alongside...
Russian Defense Minister Warns French Counterpart Against Sending Troops to Ukraine
On Wednesday, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu held talks with his French counterpart, Sebastien Lecornu, and warned against France sending troops to Ukraine. Since February, French President Emmanuel Macron has been openly discussing the idea of the West...
Ukraine Aid Vote Not Expected in House for Weeks or Longer
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said over the weekend that he would move forward with Ukraine aid "right away" when Congress returned from Easter break next week, but Bloomberg reported on Wednesday that a vote likely won't happen until mid-April or later due to...
Ukrainian Military Officers Say Frontlines Are at Risk of Collapsing
High-ranking Ukrainian military officers have told POLITICO that the frontlines in Ukraine are at risk of collapsing and that there are no weapons the West could provide to help the situation. The officers, who served under former Commander-in-Chief Valery Zaluzhny,...
NATO Chief Floats Establishing $100 Billion Fund for Ukraine
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg will propose establishing a $100 billion five-year fund for Ukraine when the alliance's foreign ministers meet on Wednesday, multiple media outlets reported on Tuesday. The idea is to lock in long-term support for Ukraine amid...
Zelensky Signs Law Lowering Conscription Age to 25
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a bill into law on Tuesday that lowers the age of eligible conscripts for mobilization from 27 to 25, Ukrainska Pravda reported. The bill was passed by Ukraine's parliament last May but had been sitting on Zelensky's desk...
Mitch McConnell Says He’ll Stay in the Senate To Fight the ‘Isolationist Movement’
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has vowed to stay in the Senate to fight against what he called an "isolationist movement" within the GOP, referring to Republicans who oppose the proxy war in Ukraine. Earlier this year, the 82-year-old said he would step down from his...
Speaker Johnson Says He Supports Giving Frozen Russian Assets to Ukraine
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said in an interview on Sunday that he supports the idea of giving frozen Russian Central Bank funds to Ukraine to fuel the proxy war, a step that would significantly escalate the US economic campaign against Russia. Johnson expressed...
Joint Chiefs Chairman Claims Giving Ukraine Long-Range ATACMs Is No Longer as Risky
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown has claimed arming Ukraine with long-range Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMs) isn't as risky now as it was earlier in the war. "The risk of escalation is not as high as maybe it was at the beginning,"...
Russia Says Moscow Terrorist Attack Has Connection to ‘Ukrainian Nationalists’
Russian investigators said Thursday that they found evidence connecting the terrorist attack on a concert hall outside Moscow to "Ukrainian nationalists." "Investigators have verified information that large amounts of money and cryptocurrency that the perpetrators of...