Australia confirmed Tuesday it will be supplying Ukraine with $50 million in missiles, ammunition and other military hardware to help them repel the ongoing Russian invasion.
The U.N. General Assembly met in full emergency session Monday and held talks addressing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine before promising to meet again to talk about the prospect of more talks to come.
An Italian national who runs an animal refuge in Ukraine vowed to stay by his pets’ sides on Sunday, telling Argentina’s Clarin newspaper he would rather “die” in Ukraine amid its ongoing military invasion by Russia than leave the shelter.
The government of Turkey changed its view of Russia’s attack on Ukraine over the weekend, declaring the assault is “officially a war” and promising to limit the number of Russian warships that can pass through the Bosporus and Dardanelles straits to enter the Black Sea.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the D.C. outlet Axios in a statement on Monday that his country “needs the West to impose a no-fly zone,” a significant escalation potentially tantamount to an act of war.
An estimated 500,000 people have fled Ukraine to the eastern edge of the European Union (E.U.) since Russia invaded Ukraine last Thursday, U.N. High Commissioner of Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi said on Monday.
The Communist Party of Cuba, the Sandinista dictatorship of Nicaragua, and socialist Venezuela have expressed effusive support for Russia and its “legitimate security” interests in the past week in response to Vladimir Putin’s decision to begin a full military assault on Ukraine.
A poll taken by the Ratings Sociological Group and published by the Kyiv Independent on Sunday showed President Volodymyr Zelensky soaring to 91 percent approval for his war leadership, a huge rebound from post-pandemic approval ratings hovering in the 30s.
Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar claimed on Monday that roughly 5,300 Russian troops have been killed since the Russian invasion began on February 24.
Donald Trump on Monday took credit for Germany finally meeting NATO’s defense spending requirement after the country failed to fulfill its obligation for years.
The Russian ruble crashed amid a public frenzy to pull cash out of bank accounts on Monday, instantly knocking almost 30 percent off the value of a currency that was not in good shape to begin with.
The Chinese government propaganda outlet Global Times claimed on Sunday that the Chinese Communist Party “could use” the upcoming Beijing Paralympic Games as a “chance to play a bigger role” in the Russia-Ukraine war.
Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin told Italian journalists late Sunday that the Holy See is ready to “facilitate negotiations” between Russia and Ukraine.
British oil company BP is pulling its $14 billion stake from Russian oil giant Rosneft. This, according to the far-left Washington Post, is “one of the most significant Western investments in Russia ever[.]”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Monday that his country would free any convicted criminals “with real combat experience” to fight the ongoing full-scale invasion by Russia.
Russia and Ukraine began talks Monday at the Belarus border as the conflict between the two neighbors enters its fifth day.
Germany has finally committed to meet its NATO defence spending requirements, in a move vindicating criticisms from former President Trump.
Tensions have flared up between historic enemies Turkey and Greece following accusations that Greece is training terrorists, with four Turkish F-16 aircraft violating Greek airspace two days after the Greek coastguard fired warning shots at a Turkish vessel.
Californians have held rallies in major cities across the state to support the people of Ukraine as they resist the invasion launched last week by Russian forces at the command of President Vladimir Putin.
Billionaire Democrat mega-donor George Soros says the United States, and other transatlantic nations, must “do whatever is in their power” to back Ukraine against Russia in the ongoing conflict overseas.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine will have far-reaching effects beyond Europe, and could push Israel to launch a pre-emptive strike against Iran, rather than wait for the regime to develop nuclear weapons that it could use to wipe out the Jewish state.
Ukrainian civilians remaining in the country’s metro areas are making Molotov cocktails for use against invading Russian forces, according to numerous reports from international news outlets, as Russian tanks encircled the capital city of Kyiv.
A number of U.S. lobbying firms have terminated contracts with Russian banks and enterprises that President Joe Biden recently sanctioned.
Several Russian celebrities risked a potential exposure ban by state media this week through their public protests against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Thursday, Fortune magazine reported.
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Shocking videos out of Kyiv, the capital city in Ukraine, show a missile striking an apartment building Saturday morning.
Peter Schweizer warned that Joe Biden may be compromised by Russian oligarchs’ possession of “embarrassing material” on Hunter Biden.
The French navy has intercepted and detained a Russian cargo ship in the English Channel in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky declared that he is still in the capital of Kyiv (Kiev) in a video purporting to show the leader from the streets of the embattled city in the early hours of Saturday morning after reportedly shutting down a plea from the Biden administration to flee.
Concern over a broader conflict has led Finns to buy large quantities of anti-radiation iodine tablets and to prepare a thousand beds for fleeing Ukrainians as Russia threatens consequences if the country joins NATO.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is calling upon Europeans with combat experience to travel to Ukraine and help defend against Russia.
Chinese nationals in Kyiv, Ukraine’s national capital, are facing heightened “security risks” amid Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine this week, China’s state-run Global Times reported on Thursday.
A mere 33 percent of Americans “approve” of how Joe Biden has handled the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, a poll shows.
Hundreds of supporters of Ukraine gathered in front of the White House on Thursday to demand U.S. President Joe Biden issue more impactful sanctions against Russia in response to Russian leader Vladimir Putin launching an attack on Ukraine this week.
China lifted all wheat import restrictions on Russia Thursday, the same day the U.S. and the U.K. announced the imposition of financial sanctions on Moscow in response to its invasion of Ukraine this week.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili told reporters on Friday his country’s government will not join those of other nations in imposing sanctions on Russia in the wake of its invasion of Ukraine on Thursday, TASS news agency reported.
Russia’s state-run Sputnik News reported on Friday that Moscow is preparing ostensibly devastating retaliatory sanctions that will be “well-calculated and painful for the American side.”
Ukrainian forces are reporting great success in using American-made Javelin anti-tank missiles against invading Russian armor. British NLAW weapons are also reportedly performing well against Russian tanks.
The world watches Russian rockets and shells rain down on Ukrainian cities, yet Russian state media are telling domestic audiences that Kyiv is “quiet and calm,” Kharkiv had “an ordinary day,” and footage of Russia’s savage attacks is all just a “background of lies from the Western media.”
Following President Joe Biden’s speech on the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) blasted the current administration’s “failed” use of of sanctions and “hashtag diplomacy.”
