President Biden on Friday defended his decision to arm Ukraine with cluster bombs, which are banned by over 100 nations because they are exceptionally harmful to civilians. The Pentagon announced Friday that the US was sending cluster munitions to Ukraine as part of...
Ukraine Spy Chief Says Threat to Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Subsiding
Ukraine's military intelligence chief, Kyrylo Budanov, said Thursday that the threat to the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) is subsiding. Ukrainian officials have been claiming without evidence that Russia planted explosives at the ZNPP and...
Report: Former Senior US Officials Held Secret Talks With Russians
Update: Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman called the report "disinformation" A group of former senior US officials has held talks with influential Russians, including Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, in an effort to lay the groundwork for negotiations to end the...
Lithuania Says NATO Will Give Ukraine ‘A Lot’ at Upcoming Summit
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said Wednesday that Ukraine will receive "a lot" from NATO at the summit his country is hosting next week from July 11-12. NATO members are still debating what new pledges Ukraine will receive at the summit in Vilnius. Kyiv wants a...
IAEA Says No Sign of Explosives at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Wednesday that its inspectors have seen no sign of explosives at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) in Ukraine despite claims from Kyiv that Russia had planted bombs. According to an IAEA...
Ukraine Defense Minister Says His Country Is Great ‘Testing Ground’ for Western Arms
Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov told Financial Times in an interview published Wednesday that his country serves as an ideal "testing ground" for Western weaponry. Reznikov said that Ukraine's Western backers can see how their weapons work in a war against...
Russian Nuclear Official Claims Ukraine Is Planning Imminent Attack on Nuclear Plant
An advisor to the director of Russia's Rosenergoatom nuclear power engineering company claimed Tuesday that Ukraine is planning an imminent attack on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) while Ukraine is accusing Russian forces of plotting to blow up the...
Russia Says Ukrainian Drone Attacks on Moscow ‘Not Possible’ Without US Support
The Russian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that Ukrainian drone attacks on Moscow and other areas inside Russia would not be possible without support from the US and NATO. The comments came after the Russian military said it downed five drones that attacked Moscow on...
Burns Calls Ukraine War Major ‘Opportunity’ for CIA Recruiting Spies
CIA Director William Burns said in a speech on Saturday that the war in Ukraine provides his spy agency a "once-in-a-generation opportunity" to recruit Russians. "Disaffection with the war will continue to gnaw away at the Russian leadership, beneath the steady diet...
Zelensky Says War Won’t End Until Ukraine Takes Crimea
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has reaffirmed his position that the war in Ukraine will not end until Ukrainian forces take Crimea, which Russia has controlled since 2014. "We cannot imagine Ukraine without Crimea. And while Crimea is under the Russian...