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WASHINGTON — In the early phase of the war in Ukraine, shortages of soldiers and problems with equipment forced Russia to narrow its mission, abandon its assault on Kyiv and focus its offensive on the east. Now, as the fighting enters its sixth month, critical manpower and equipment problems could …

Ukraine has labelled Russia a “terrorist state” after Moscow’s UK embassy tweeted that Ukrainian Azov battalion soldiers deserved a “humiliating death” by hanging. On Friday July 29, reports emerged that more than 50 Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) held by Russia were killed in an airstrike. Russia accuses Ukraine of being …

ODESA, Ukraine — The first shipments of grain since the beginning of the war in Ukraine have been loaded onto freighters at Ukrainian ports on the Black Sea, getting ready for their first voyages in more than five months. President Volodymyr Zelensky and representatives of the Group of 7 industrialized …

While Democrats struggle to put together a coherent message about what they stand for prior to the midterm election, Republicans are dealing with an internal rift of their own. Foreign policy has been a flashpoint since the emergence of Donald Trump as a force in the GOP – particularly his …

KHARKIV, Ukraine — At a subway station, a recruiting officer named Oleksandr, one of dozens deployed to different spots around Kharkiv, pulled young men out of the crowd recently, checking documents and determining whether they were eligible for military service. A nationwide campaign is underway in Ukraine to recruit, register …

The latest tranche comes atop about $8bn in security assistance provided since the war began in late February. The White House has announced that the United States will send an additional $270m in security assistance to Ukraine, a package that will include more medium-range rocket systems and tactical drones. The …

????? Russia and Ukraine have agreed to restart shipments of blockaded grain, in a step toward easing a global crisis that has exposed tens of millions of people, especially in Africa and the Middle East, to the threat of acute hunger, the U.N. secretary general announced on Friday, July 22. …

The United Nations and Turkey helped broker the deal, which aims to alleviate the global food crisis by freeing more than 20 million tons of grain stuck in Ukraine’s blockaded Black Sea ports.

  The US administration has revealed it will provide additional weapons and security assistance to Ukraine later this week, as the U.S. has collected “ample evidence” and intelligence that Russia is laying the groundwork to annex additional sovereign Ukrainian territory. The revelation by the US comes as Russian Foreign Minister …

Putin met with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Tehran, and with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. He also met with Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei on Tuesday. “I am very pleased to be on the hospitable Iranian soil…We can boast about record figures in terms of trade growth,” said Putin …