British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace confirmed on Thursday that Ukraine's armed forces have used the Storm Shadow missiles provided by London, which have a range of more than 155 miles. "All I can confirm is it has been used successfully, that is the information I...
Ukraine Tells China It Won’t Cede Territory for Peace Deal
China’s special representative for Eurasian affairs, Li Hui, was in Ukraine on Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss the prospect of peace talks and met with senior Ukrainian officials, including Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and President Volodymyr Zelensky. According to...
Pentagon Error Overvalued Weapons Sent to Ukraine by $3 Billion
According to a report from Reuters, the Pentagon overestimated the value of military equipment it sent to Ukraine by $3 billion, meaning the US could ship even more weapons to the country. Two unnamed Pentagon officials said the error was assigning a higher value to...
Report: US Preparing for Ukraine War to Become a Frozen Conflict
The Biden administration is preparing for the war in Ukraine to turn into a frozen conflict for years or possibly even decades, similar to the situation on the Korean peninsula, POLITICO reported on Thursday. US officials have been discussing the possibility,...
Hungary Blocks Aid to Ukraine Over Blacklisting of Hungarian Bank
Hungary on Wednesday said it would continue to block EU aid to Ukraine due to Kyiv's "increasingly belligerent" attitude. Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said Ukraine won't receive a $543 million tranche of aid until it removes Hungary's OTP Bank from a...
Britain, Netherlands Agree to Build ‘Coalition’ to Give Ukraine F-16s
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte have agreed to work to form an "international coalition" to ship American-made F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine. A spokesperson for Sunak said Tuesday that the two leaders would "work to build an...
Russia Hits US-Made Patriot Air Defense System in Kyiv
Russia's military said Tuesday that it hit a US-made Patriot air defense system in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv with a hypersonic missile, which was later confirmed by a US official. "A high-precision strike by a Kinzhal hypersonic missile system hit a US-made...
African Leaders to Present Peace Plan to Putin and Zelensky
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky have agreed to host a delegation of African leaders to discuss a potential peace plan for the conflict in Ukraine. "My discussions...
Ukraine Aid Funding Expected to Run Out by Mid-Summer
The last massive aid package Congress authorized for Ukraine has about $6 billion left, which is expected to be used up by mid-summer, POLITICO reported Monday. So far, the US has authorized about $113 billion in spending on the war in Ukraine, which includes military...
Chinese Envoy to Start Peace Trip to Ukraine and Russia
A high-level Chinese envoy is set to begin a trip that will bring him to Russia, Ukraine, and several other European countries as Beijing hopes to broker a ceasefire to bring an end to the fighting in Ukraine. Li Hui, China's special representative for Eurasian...