President Trump on Monday directed a “pause” to US assistance to Ukraine after a disastrous Oval Office meeting as Trump seeks to pressure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to engage in peace talks with Russia, multiple news outlets reported. A White House official said Trump is focused on...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — As Ukraine approached the three-year mark of Russia’s full-scale invasion, the country’s hoped-for path to a favorable and lasting peace was upended in a matter of days by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump. Kyiv had benefited...
US sends more armoured vehicles to Ukraine in new security assistance packageMeredith Roaten, Washington, DCJane's Defence Weekly
Ukraine, reacting to the Russian exercises in Belarus, said on Tuesday that it would carry out its own military drills during the exact same timeframe. More U.S. troops and machinery arrived in Poland, meanwhile, as part of American efforts to bolster the defenses of NATO allies around...
America has long provided anti-tank mines to Ukraine, though until now it wouldn’t send those designed to stop personnel. The change in policy is a response to Russia’s tactics, Austin said. Rather than advancing with a vanguard of tanks and armored vehicles, Moscow’s troops are...
and Russian presidents since Putin had a call with Biden shortly before ordering tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine in February 2022. The Russian foreign ministry said Lavrov and Rubio also discussed how to quickly improve "the conditions for the functioning of Russian diplomatic missi...
increasingly complex and high-tech weapons to Ukraine, demands are spiking. And since no U.S. or other NATO nations will send troops into the country to provide hands-on assistance — due to worries about being drawn into a direct conflict with Russia — they’ve turned to virtual ch...
This could mean that Japan-made Patriot missiles may replenish the US' stockpile, while Washington sends US-made ones to Ukraine. In Japan, the Patriot missiles are manufactured by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries under licence from US defence contractorsLockheed MartinandRTX. ...
Sending Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine will provide Kyiv’s forces with a modern and powerful military vehicle ahead of a potential Russian spring offensive. It will also come as a blow to the Kremlin, which has seen a growing campaign to equip Ukrainian troops with high-tech fighting systems as...
“If NATO or the US sent troops into Ukraine to help them fight the Russians, the dynamic would shift to a multinational conflict with potential global implications due to the nuclear power status of both US and Russia. Because of that, the US and NATO — and other nations around the worl...