Croatian President Zoran Milanovic on Monday offered more criticism of the policy of arming Ukraine, saying that by providing tanks and other heavy weapons, his fellow NATO members are prolonging the war. "I am against sending any lethal arms there. It prolongs the...
Polish officials said Monday that Warsaw is willing to send US-made F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine but only in coordination with NATO. "We will act in full coordination here," Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said. Since the US and Germany announced last week...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday said Ukraine needs to secure the supply of new weapons from its Western backers and that arms deliveries need to speed up. "It is very important to maintain the dynamics of defense support from our partners. The speed...
On Saturday, Russia accused Ukrainian forces of killing 14 people and injuring 25 in a strike on a hospital in the eastern Luhansk oblast using US-provided HIMARS rocket systems. The Russian Defense Ministry claimed the strike took place in the town of Novoaidar and...
The White House refused to say if it will provide Ukraine with Bradley Fighting Vehicles equipped with radioactive depleted uranium rounds, ammunition that is linked to cancer and birth defects. Depleted uranium is typically created as a byproduct of producing...
The Kremlin said Thursday that the US and NATO's "direct involvement" in the war in Ukraine is "growing" as the Western powers are pledging to send tanks and other equipment. "There have been repeated statements from the European capitals and from Washington that the...
Shortly after President Biden announced Ukraine would be getting the Western-made tanks it sought, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was demanding fighter jets and longer-range missiles. Ukrainian officials have been lobbying for months to receive F-15 or F-16...
The US asked Israel to allow its old Hawk anti-aircraft missiles to be sent to Ukraine, Axios reported on Wednesday, citing unnamed US and Israeli officials. The report said the Pentagon made the request to the Israeli Defense Ministry for the air defense system....
Ukraine on Wednesday conceded that it withdrew from the small mining town of Soledar in the Donetsk Oblast almost two weeks after Russian forces said they took control of the area. Soledar is just a few miles northeast of Bakhmut, where Russian and Ukrainian forces...
US arms sales to foreign governments boomed in 2022 as defense firms cashed in on the war in Ukraine. According to State Department numbers, sales rose to $205.6 billion in the 2022 fiscal year. The sales are divided into two categories: direct military sales between...
