The State Department announced on Tuesday an "emergency foreign military sale" to Ukraine for $138 million worth of equipment to maintain and upgrade its HAWK air defense systems. The deal is being paid for by US military aid for Ukraine that was included in the US's...
On Sunday, a Ukrainian drone struck the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), which is located in southeastern Ukraine and has been under Russian control since February 2022. The plant's officials said there was no serious damage in the attack, and radiation levels...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
