Russia has added as many as 7,000 troops near the Ukraine border in recent days, contrary to claims by President Vladimir Putin that troops would be pulled back from the region.
The Biden administration isn’t keen on French President EMMANUEL MACRON’s remark that Western troops could at some point directly defend Ukraine. “President [JOE] BIDEN has been clear that the U.S. will not send troops to fight in Ukraine,” said National Security Council spokesperson...
US troops arrive in Ukraine for training exercisesBy JIM HEINTZ
“We see so many deaths and so many wounded,”a Ukrainian lawmaker said.“If they go, [troops] want to know how long they will be there.” According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Ukraine lost more than 160,000 troops during last summer’s counteroffensive, out of nearly half a mill...
27, 2022. Street fighting broke out in Ukraine's second-largest city and Russian troops squeezed strategic ports in the country's south as the prospect of peace talks remains uncertain. Evgeniy Maloletka/AP The U.S. believes the Russians hope to move north out of Mariupol up to the ...
As Ukraine’s central bank cracks down on pathways to cash and Moscow unleashes airstrikes and ground troops, some Ukrainians are instead turning to cryptocurrencies. Kuna, a popular Ukrainian crypto exchange, shows that domestic buyers are paying a premium for Tether’s USDT stablecoin,...
Ukraine has begun using long-range ballistic missiles secretly provided by the US against invading Russian forces, American officials have confirmed. The weapons were part of a $300m (£240m) aid package approved by US President Joe Biden in March and they arrived this month. ...
The United States has quietly delivered the long-range ballistic missiles Ukraine said it urgently needed.
The US is mulling a strategy of subverting Russia’s aims, without direct involvement, in case it invades Ukraine, the New York Times reported on Friday, adding that it may involve arming and training Ukrainian fighters in Europe.
Tens of thousands of troops have been killed or seriously wounded on each side. Beyond Ukraine’s borders, the invasion shattered European security, redrew nations’ relations with one another and frayed a tightly woven global economy. On Feb. 24, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine—and until that ...