US Ambassador to NATO Julianne Smith has said that Ukraine is unlikely to receive an invitation to join NATO at the alliance's July summit in Vilnius, Lithuania. "I think the allies now are in agreement that a proper invitation is unlikely while they’re engaged...
Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said Thursday that Russian forces repelled a Ukrainian attack in Ukraine's southern Zaporizhzhia Oblast as Western media outlets are reporting Ukraine's counteroffensive has officially begun. "At 1:30 am, the enemy made an...
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Wednesday reaffirmed Kyiv's position that it's against the idea of pausing the fighting in Ukraine to foster peace talks between the warring sides. "If anyone thinks they should freeze the conflict and then see how to solve...
Russia on Wednesday questioned what the US might have known about Ukrainian plans to attack the Nova Kakhovka Dam in southern Ukraine using a US-provided HIMARS system. The Russian-controlled dam was destroyed early Tuesday, and the Russians and Ukrainians are trading...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday that Ukraine has received a "powerful offer" from countries that are willing to provide their American-made F-16 fighter jets. Since President Biden approved the delivery of F-16s from Europe to Ukraine, it hasn't...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Monday that Moscow must keep in mind that American-made F-16 fighter jets are capable of carrying nuclear weapons. The Russian diplomat made the comments when warning how the US and NATO are escalating their role in the...
The Washington Post reported Tuesday that the US received intelligence in June 2022 about a Ukrainian plot to bomb the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline that connects Russia to Germany. The report omitted the fact that investigative journalist Seymour Hersh has sources...
The New York Times reported Monday that the Biden administration has "shrugged off" Ukrainian attacks inside Russia as US officials are no longer as concerned about escalation as they were earlier in the war. The report said that during the first year of the war,...
On Monday, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley said Ukraine was "well prepared" to launch a counteroffensive against Russian forces thanks to the support the US and NATO have provided. "So, I think it's too early to tell what outcomes are going to...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told The Wall Street Journal in an interview published Saturday that his country will sit out the upcoming NATO summit in Vilnius this July if Kyiv is not given a "signal" toward full membership in the alliance. Zelensky said he...
