Screenshot: Andrew Surabian X Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) tore into the Senate’s approval of a $95 billion aid package to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan during a speech to the chamber earlier this week. He compared the narrative to propaganda used to draw America into the Iraq War. History, he believes, …
Read More »Aid to Ukraine Is on the Way. Here’s How It Might Help.
Now that the Senate has approved a nearly $61 billion aid package to Ukraine, and with President Biden poised to sign it, desperately needed American weapons could be arriving on the battlefield within days. The weapons package — which has been delayed over political wrangling by House Republicans since last …
Read More »House Approves $95 Billion Aid Bill for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan
The House voted resoundingly on Saturday to approve $95 billion in foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, as Speaker Mike Johnson put his job on the line to advance the long-stalled aid package by marshaling support from mainstream Republicans and Democrats. In four back-to-back votes, overwhelming bipartisan coalitions of …
Read More »Vote to Resume U.S. Military Aid Is Met With Relief in Ukraine
The Ukrainian lieutenant was at a firing position in on the eastern front, commanding an artillery unit relying on American-provided M777 howitzers and other big guns, as U.S. lawmakers gathered in Washington to decide if his cannons would be forced to go silent for lack of ammunition. But when the …
Read More »US House of representatives approves $61bn in military aid for Ukraine despite strong Republican resistance
After months of delay, the US House of Representatives finally approved more than $61bn worth of military assistance to help Ukraine in its desperate war against Russia, as well as billions for Israel and Taiwan. In a bipartisan vote, 210 Democrats and 101 Republicans joined to support Ukraine, with …
Read More »US House approves aid package worth billions for Ukraine, Israel
The Democratic-majority Senate is expected to vote on the bill next week, sending it to President Joe Biden to sign into law. The United States House of Representatives with broad bipartisan support has passed a $95bn legislative package providing security assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, despite bitter objections from …
Read More »Marjorie Taylor Greene Wants Lawmakers Who Vote For Ukraine Aid Forced Into Ukrainian Military
Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons Most conservative Republicans are very much against the over $60 billion in new Ukraine aid that the GOP and Democratic establishments desperately want. Especially considering the billions America has already spent there. Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has a great idea: House members who insist on voting for …
Read More »British Embassy in Ukraine issues furious denial after Russian media shared fake Buckingham Palace statement claiming Monarch has 'passed away unexpectedly'
Ukraine’s British embassy has released an official statement confirming King Charles III is still alive after Russian media claimed he had died. Several Russian news sites reported earlier today that the King had died aged 75 as a result of cancer complications, citing unnamed ‘media’ sources in an …
Read More »Russian Missile Strikes Kill at Least 20 in Odesa, Ukraine Says
A Russian missile attack on Odesa killed at least 20 people and injured 73 others, Ukrainian authorities said on Friday, the latest in a series of deadly air assaults on the southern Ukrainian port city. Ukraine’s state emergency services said a first missile hit several houses late in the morning, …
Read More »Ukraine hits several oil refineries deep inside Russian territory, ahead of Putin's re-election
Ukraine has launched drone attacks on at least three oil refineries deep inside Russia, as the Kyiv government intensifies its cross-border strikes days before President Vladimir Putin’s anticipated re-election. A Ukrainian defense said on Wednesday that Ukraine is “implementing a well-planned strategy to decrease Russian economic potential.” Ukraine struck three …
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