Ukraine war

Senator Catherine Cortez Masto and Congresswoman Dina Titus have gone quiet after it emerged they gave awards to the controversial transgender spokesperson for the Ukrainian military Sarah Ashton-Cirillo.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) announced Wednesday he would not pass any short-term spending package to fund the government that includes additional funding for the Ukrainian war effort, just ten days before the federal government is set to shut down if a deal is not reached. 

Milley said at a press conference from Germany on Tuesday that the Ukraine War could be sustained because the United States and its allies are “rich.”

Polish President Duda reportedly cancelled a planned meeting with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky at the U.N. as tensions rise over agricultural trade.

President Biden on Tuesday called on United Nation members to stand up to “naked aggression” against Ukraine by Russia, arguing that if Ukraine was not protected, no nation would feel protected.

American conservative journalist and political commentator Jack Posobiec has been included on a list of supposed enemies of Ukraine.

Sarah Ashton-Cirillo, a transgender “spokesperson” of the Ukrainian military, criticised Senator J.D. Vance for focusing on “gender chaos” while refusing to deny links to the U.S. government.

Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) has written to top Biden administration officials demanding the White House reveal if Sarah Ashton-Cirillo, a transgender individual claiming to be a spokesperson for the Ukrainian military, has ties to American intelligence services or receives U.S. funding.

The first two cargo ships arrived in a Ukrainian port after Russia withdrew from an agreement on the transport of grain in the Black Sea.

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said the West must prepare for a “long war in Ukraine,” as the United States debates more military aid.

Nestor Shufrych, an opposition MP in Ukraine, has been arrested on suspicion of treason for spreading Russian “false narratives”.

Romanian villagers received warnings to urgently take shelter from falling Ukraine war debris and are being provided air-raid bunkers.

Ukraine’s forces have recaptured a village in the country´s east after intense battles with Russian troops, the military said.

Finland joined the three Baltic countries in banning vehicles with Russian license plates from entering their territory.

Businessman who became health minister at the beginning of the pandemic has now had a warrant issued for his arrest.

Four F-35 fighter jets landed Thursday at an airbase in Denmark to replace aging fleet of F-16s, some of which have been promised to Ukraine.

Russia’s Foreign Ministry declared two U.S. diplomats “persona non grata” and ordered them to leave the country.

The UK should keep handing over its stocks, former PM and key Zelensky ally Boris Johnson said, as Ukraine continues to strike Russia’s navy.

European nations continue to find ways to get around their own sanctions on Russian energy imposed in the wake of Moscow’s invasion.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen threw her full support behind Ukraine joining the EU during her State of the Union speech.

Vladimir Putin accused the UK of trying to provoke Moscow, claiming that Britain was behind an attack on a Russian atomic facility.

Millions of Ukrainians who presently “behaved well” in Europe could start to act unpredictably, President Zelensky appeared to warn.

The recapture provides an energy source and takes back an asset that Russia seized in 2015 and used to launch helicopters.

Ukraine started counteroffensive too late because it was waiting for weapons, and even now is waiting on more deliveries, President Zelensky said.

NATO is planning to stage its largest war games exercise since the end of the Cold War to prepare for a possible invasion from Russia.

Ukraine only has around 30 days left in its counteroffensive, the highest-ranking military officer in the U.S. Armed Forces has said.

Two foreign aid workers were reportedly killed in eastern Ukraine on Sunday as Russian shelling hit their van.

Northern Ireland Police seized weapons from New IRA terrorists that reportedly came to the country from the frontlines in the war in Ukraine.

NATO member Romania found new Russian drone fragments on its territory Saturday near the border with war-torn Ukraine.

Ukraine needs “powerful and long-range weapons” because Russia’s air superiority allowed them to “stop our counteroffensive”, Zelensky said.

The U.N. atomic watchdog warned of a potential threat to nuclear safety due to a spike in fighting near Europe’s largest nuclear power plant.

UK will engage in “military efforts to deter Russian attacks” over the Black Sea as the govt condemns the Kremlin for damaging food security. 

Elon Musk’s decision to not activate Starlink’s satellite communications during a critical moment in the Ukraine conflict has sparked a heated debate on the role of private tech companies in international affairs. Musk took to his X/Twitter platform to defend the decision by claiming, “If I had agreed to their request, then SpaceX would be explicitly complicit in a major act of war and conflict escalation.”

The Russian missile that struck Wednesday in eastern Ukraine turned an outdoor market into a fiery, blackened ruin.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken pledged $1 billion more for Ukraine while in Kyiv on Wednesday.

The EU should be bolder over new member states to head off attempts by the Russian state to undermine pro-European sentiment, diplomats say.