In South Africa on Monday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said the conflict in Ukraine is no longer a "hybrid war" between Russia and the West but is turning into a "real war." At a press conference with his South African counterpart, Lavrov said the Western...
The Pentagon has decided to extend a troop deployment in southeast Romania, which is part of the US military buildup in Eastern Europe that was ordered around the time Russia invaded Ukraine. The US currently has about 4,000 members of the US Army's 101st Airborne...
Russian officials on Thursday reacted to a report from The New York Times that said the US was warming to the idea of helping Ukraine strike Crimea despite the risk of a Russian escalation. When asked about the report on Wednesday, State Department spokesman Ned Price...
The US on Thursday announced a new massive $2.5 billion arms package for Ukraine that includes Stryker armored combat vehicles for the first time. The tranche of weapons includes 90 Strykers and 55 Bradley Fighting Vehicles, which the US first pledged to send to...
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will allow the export of German-made Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine if the US sends its own tanks, Reuters reported Wednesday, citing a German government source. Poland and Finland have both said they're ready to send some of their Leopard...
The New York Times reported Wednesday that the US is warming to the idea of helping Ukraine strike Crimea, something the Biden administration has previously avoided due to the risk of provoking a major response from Russian President Vladimir Putin. Citing unnamed US...
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday called for a "significant increase" in military aid for Kyiv. "This is a pivotal moment in the war and the need for a significant increase in support for Ukraine," the NATO chief told Reuters on the sidelines of the...
In a video address to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told Kyiv's Western backers to pick up the "speed" of their decisions on arms deliveries, a veiled reference to Germany's hesitancy to send heavy tanks to the...
The US has dipped into stockpiles of arms it keeps in Israel and South Korea to supply Ukraine with more artillery shells, The New York Times reported Tuesday, citing anonymous US and Israeli officials. The stockpile in Israel is meant to supply the US for its...
The US and its allies are holding a series of meetings this week in Europe where new pledges for military aid to Ukraine are expected to be made, and more countries might agree to arm Kyiv with tanks. NATO Defense Ministers are set to meet in Brussels on Wednesday and...
