A senior Ukrainian official has denied Russian accusations that his country’s army fired exploding drones at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, which the Kremlin’s forces have been occupying and running in southern Ukraine since shortly after the war began more than two years ago. Andrii Yusov, the spokesperson for Ukraine’s military intelligence agency, suggested there had been no attack, saying …
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Desperate Zelenskyy warns 'Ukraine will lose the war' if Congress does not send more aid
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy implored the U.S. to approve more military funding for his country on Sunday, warning that Ukraine would “lose the war” without it. Zelenskyy predicted that if Ukraine falls, Russia will move to invade “other states” next. Republicans in Congress have held up further military payments to Ukraine for months, pointing to the well over $100 billion …
Read More »Biden-appointed judge torches DOJ for defying subpoenas after prosecuting Trump adviser
A President Biden-appointed judge slammed the Justice Department’s apparent hypocrisy on Fridayfor allowing attorneys involved in the Biden family investigation to defy subpoenas — even though former Trump adviser Peter Navarro is sitting in prison for doing the same thing. District Judge Ana Reyes ripped the DOJ at a status conference for not letting DOJ lawyers Mark Daly and Jack …
Read More »Moldova's Russia-backed Transnistria region claims drone attacked military unit
State security services in Moldova’s Russia-backed breakaway region of Transnistria said Friday that a drone attacked a military unit close to the border with Ukraine, causing minor damage to a radar station but no casualties. The incident occurred in the region of Rabnita, about 4 miles from the Ukraine border, the region’s state security ministry said, adding that a criminal …
Read More »House GOP Ukraine skeptics draw battle lines ahead of funding fight
Members of the ultra-conservative House Freedom Caucus and their allies are drawing lines in the sand ahead of what’s expected to be an intense inter-GOP battle over additional aid for Ukraine. The House of Representatives is expected to take up the issue of Ukraine and supplemental foreign aid the week after next, three sources told Fox News Digital. Freedom Caucus …
Read More »Blinken says Ukraine will eventually 'become a member of NATO'
Ukraine will eventually join NATO as support from its member countries remains “rock solid,” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday. “Ukraine will become a member of NATO. Our purpose at the summit is to help build a bridge to that membership,” Blinken told reporters in Brussels. Blinken’s remarks came after a meeting with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba …
Read More »NATO turns 75 as Ukraine decisions sow disagreement among members
NATO marked on Thursday 75 years of collective defense across Europe and North America, with its top diplomats vowing to stay the course in Ukraine as better-armed Russian troops assert control on the battlefield. The anniversary comes as the now-32-nation alliance weighs a plan to provide more predictable longer-term military support to Ukraine. Plagued by ammunition shortages, Ukraine this week …
Read More »Russian military recruitment numbers spike following Moscow concert hall attack
Russia said on Wednesday it had seen a significant jump in the number of men signing contracts to join the military since last month’s deadly attack on a concert hall near Moscow where gunman killed at least 144 people. Russia has repeatedly sought to blame the attack on Ukraine, its opponent in a war now well into its third year, …
Read More »NATO debating plan to provide additional long-term military support to Ukraine
NATO is debating a plan to provide more predictable military support to Ukraine in coming years as better armed Russian troops assert control on the battlefield, the organization’s top civilian official said Wednesday. “We strongly believe that support to Ukraine should be less dependent on short-term, voluntary offers and more dependent on long-term NATO commitments,” NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said …
Read More »Ukraine lowers military draft age in effort to bolster troop numbers in war against Russia
Ukraine on Wednesday lowered the military conscription age from 27 to 25 in an effort to replenish its depleted ranks after more than two years of war following Russia’s full-scale invasion. The new mobilization law came into force a day after Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed it. Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, passed it last year. It was not immediately …
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