Russia, Trump and Ukraine
Hoping to bolster the resolve of a nation whose heart “is covered in scars” after more than 1,000 days of unrelenting Russian assaults, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said in his New Year’s address on Wednesday that he believed the United States would continue to stand with Kyiv in “compelling Russia into a just peace.”
After nearly three years of heavy fighting in Ukraine, the countryside has become a graveyard of military hardware, notably main battle tanks (MBTs). What is unique about the conflict is how the armored behemoths from essentially different "eras" are now rolling over the same ground,
The Treasury Department penalizes Russian and Iranian entities that created AI disinformation and tried to hack both parties’ campaigns, respectively
Russia will scrap a moratorium on the deployment of intermediate and shorter range nuclear-capable missiles because the United States has deployed such weapons in various regions around the world, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Sunday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said late on Tuesday that no one would give peace to his country as a gift, but he believed the United States would stand alongside Kyiv as it fights to stop Russia's 34-month invasion.
The Treasury Department announced new sanctions on Iranian and Russian entities accused of trying to interfere with the 2024 U.S. elections.
Exchanges have taken place before, but this deal, involving big numbers on both sides, comes as Trump prepares to take over in Washington, potentially endangering American aid to Kyiv.
Marking 25 years in office, Vladimir Putin says he has remade Russia as a sovereign power and will prevail in Ukraine, but economic and strategic setbacks complicate the picture.
The United States Department of Justice has submitted the Statement of Interest before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in the case PAO Tatneft v. Ukraine, supporting Ukraine’s position on maintaining the moratorium on information disclosure.
Trump picked former State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus to serve as deputy Mideast envoy and Roman Pipko to serve as U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Estonia Friday afternoon.
Not engaging in military alliances, not supporting any country against another, not allowing foreign military bases on its territory and not using force or threatening to use force.