Context: The 27 leaders are tasked with deciding how much they will top up the EU’s shared budget, including a €50bn financing package for Ukraine, and agreeing to open accession negotiations with Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia. They will arrive this morning with no agreement, and Hungary’s...
The same problems pose risks for Ukraine’s near future. “We weren’t so much physically exhausted as psychologically, being chained to that place,” said Viktor Biliak, an infantryman with the 110th Brigade who had been in the area since March 2022. The men joked darkly that the only ...
Finally, there’s something both parties agree on: Supporting Ukraine in its defense against Russian aggression is in America’s interest. Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell said in aninterviewlast week that the GOP supports Ukraine and those who feel differently have been getting too much media...
Germany and the United States have sent hundreds of Stinger missiles (like this one being fired during a Marine Corp training mission) to help Ukraine fight the invasion from Russia. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Chandler Harrell When Russia invaded Ukraine in late...
For the first time, the U.S. will send Ukraine the Joint Standoff Weapon — a glide bomb known as JSOW —“to enhance Ukraine’s long-range capabilities.” The variant being sent includes cluster munitions, according to U.S. officials. ...
Ukraine would also benefit if the Biden administration would endorse Graham’s idea to make it possible for retired U.S. F-16 pilots to volunteer for service in Ukraine. This would reverse the unfortunate signals we sent to Moscow when it became known not enough Ukrainian pilots were trained ...
“And so your ability to attribute responsibility to the highest level is much greater here.” Even where parents are dead, Rapp said, their children must be sheltered, fostered or adopted in Ukraine rather than deported to Russia. Russian law prohibits the adoption of foreign children without...
China has always been for peace and dialogue. As a major contributor to the UN peacekeeping budget and the largest troop-contributing country among the permanent members of the UN Security Council, China has sent more than 50,000 personnel on peacekeeping missions over the last three decades. ...
In 2022, a disruption in global supplies caused in part by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine combined with growing fuel demand as the world recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic, sent crude oil soaring to multiyear highs. The rise in oil prices, in turn, pulled prices for gasoline and diesel ...
In the UK, the MP for North Thanet in Kent, Roger Gale, went even further. He called for all Russians to be“sent home”, even though he acknowledged that many “good and honest” people would be caught as “collateral damage”. During the second world war, much harm was inflicted on...