Moscow said Wednesday that a Russian warship protecting pipelines in the Black Sea was attacked by unmanned Ukrainian speedboats near the Bosphorus Strait, far from Russian and Ukrainian territory. The Russian Defense Ministry said the naval ship Ivan Khurs repelled...
Boris Johnson Sent to Texas to Lobby Republicans to Keep Arming Ukraine
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson met with a group of Republicans in Texas on Monday to urge them to continue supporting Ukraine in its war with Russia, POLITICO reported. The Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), a pro-Ukrainian think tank based in...
Poland ‘Ready’ to Start Training Ukrainians on F-16s
Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said Warsaw was "ready" to start training Ukrainian pilots on F-16s after President Biden signed off on the delivery of the American-made aircraft. The comments came after the EU's foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, said the...
Russia Says It Defeated Ukrainian Sabotage Group in Belgorod
Russia's Defense Ministry on Tuesday said that it defeated a Ukrainian sabotage group that launched a cross-border raid in Russia's Belgorod Oblast on Monday. According to Russia's TASS news agency, the Russian military "blocked and wiped out Ukrainian nationalist...
Air Force Secretary Says F-16s Won’t Be a ‘Game-Changer’ for Ukraine
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said Monday that the provision of F-16 fighter jets to Kyiv will give Ukraine's military an "incremental" boost but said it wouldn't be a "game-changer" in the conflict. "The F-16 is a reasonable option for them for a whole bunch of...
Ukraine-Backed Saboteurs Launch Cross-Border Raid in Russia’s Belgorod Region
Russian officials said Monday that a Ukrainian sabotage group launched a cross-border raid in Russia's Belgorod Oblast, and the governor of the region said eight people were injured. According to Ukrainian officials and media outlets, the attack was carried out by...
Russia Warns US Against Enabling Attacks on Crimea
Russia's ambassador to the US, Anatoly Antonov, warned Sunday that Russia would consider a US-backed Ukrainian strike on Crimea as serious as an attack on the Russian mainland. Antonov's comments came in response to National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan saying the...
Prigozhin: Wagner to Handover Bakhmut to Regular Russian Forces After Capture
Russia's Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has said his mercenary force captured all of Bakhmut and will hand over the city to regular Russian forces on May 25. "Wagner has made no advances. Wagner today captured no territory. We have captured all the territory we...
Biden Announces New Military Aid for Ukraine During Zelensky Meeting in Japan
President Biden on Sunday met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during the G7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan, and announced a new military aid package for Kyiv that's worth $375 million. "I’m announcing the next tranche of US security assistance to Ukraine — a...
Russia Says West Providing F-16s to Ukraine a ‘Colossal Risk’
A Russian official said Saturday that the Western plans to provide Ukraine with American-made F-16 fighter jets bring "colossal risks" after the US announced it would sign off on European countries delivering the aircraft. "We see that Western countries are still...