Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that Turkey has rejected a US request for Ankara to provide Kyiv with Russian-made S-400 missile defense systems it purchased from Moscow in 2017. Cavusoglu said the US proposal violated Turkey's sovereignty and suggested...
Russia Evacuates People Near Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant
Russian-backed authorities in Ukraine's southern Zaporizhzhia oblast have ordered the evacuation from areas that are threatened with shelling, including Enerhodar, the town where the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) is located. Yevgeny Balitsky, the...
Wagner Head Says Moscow Promised More Arms After Threats to Leave Bakhmut
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Russian mercenary outfit Wagner Group, said he was promised his fighters would get as much ammunition and weapons as needed to continue fighting in Bakhmut. The assurance from Moscow came after Prigozhin said his forces would...
Blinken Says Ukraine’s Army in Better Shape Than Discord Leaks Show
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that Ukraine's military is capable of launching a counteroffensive and regaining territory from Russia despite what Pentagon documents leaked on Discord have revealed. One of the leaked documents allegedly released by...
US Announces $300 Million Arms Package for Ukraine
The Biden administration on Wednesday announced a new $300 million arms package for Ukraine using the Presidential Drawdown Authority, which allows President Biden to ship weapons to the country directly from Pentagon stockpiles. For the first time, the package...
Russia Says Ukraine Tried to Kill Putin in Drone Attack
The Russian government said Wednesday that Ukraine tried to kill President Vladimir Putin in a drone attack that targeted the Kremlin and that Russia has the right to respond "whenever and wherever it sees fit." According to the Russian news agency TASS, the Kremlin...
Rep. McCaul Says US Support for Ukraine Depends on Counteroffensive
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said Monday that future US support for Ukraine depends on Kyiv's looming counteroffensive. "I think there’s going to be a lot riding on the line with this counteroffensive," McCaul told...
Ukraine Vows It Won’t Give Up Bakhmut
Ukraine's military on Tuesday vowed to continue defending Bakhmut as Russian officials claim Russian forces now control nearly 90% of the eastern Donbas city. Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi, the commander of Ukraine's ground forces, made the pledge while visiting troops on...
Kremlin Says US Estimate on Russian Losses ‘Plucked from Thin Air’
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday that US estimates of Russian losses in Ukraine had no basis and were "plucked from thin air." His comments came after the White House estimated Russia suffered 100,000 casualties over the last five months, including 20,000...
Ukraine Says Waiting for Better Weather for Spring Counteroffensive
Ukraine is waiting for better weather before it launches its long-awaited spring counteroffensive, the Ukrainian ambassador to the UK told Sky News on Tuesday. Ambassador Vadim Pristayko said heavy tanks that Ukraine received from its Western backers cannot move in...