Tag Archives: Ukraine

There was some question about how much stock should be placed in the videos released by Russia. Moscow has a well-established history of trying to sweep miliary embarrassments under the rug, most notably during this war when the flagship of its Black Sea Fleet was sunk. Even when its plans …

Six weeks after Russia launched its full-scale invasion, Ukraine sank the flagship of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, dealing a serious blow to the enemy navy, and, a Ukrainian official said, killing the ship’s captain. “We do not mourn,” an adviser to the interior minister at the time, Anton Gerashchenko, said. …

The United States announced an aid package for Ukraine on Sept. 6 that for the first time included ammunition made with depleted uranium to Ukraine, raising concerns over the material’s potential health and environmental effects. The munitions — 120-millimeter anti-armor ammunition — are for use in 31 U.S.-provided M1 Abrams …

The Russian naval headquarters in Sevastopol is one of Moscow’s most important bases. Russian-occupied Crimea has come under increasing attack from Ukraine. The territory annexed by Moscow nine years ago is now an active battlefront in the war between the two neighbours. Once seen as a fortress of Moscow’s military …

The Pentagon, facing a looming federal government shutdown in the coming days, announced that aid to Ukraine would be exempt from any cessation in operations. Politico reports that the “DOD has decided to continue activities supporting Ukraine,” a move that will be viewed as “good news for [Ukrainian President Volodymyr] …

Vice President Han Zheng, a second-tier official, repeats familiar talking points in speech to 78th UNGA. China has reiterated its position that a ceasefire and peace talks are the “only way” to end the war in Ukraine, which began with Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022. “Cessation of hostilities and …

Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) accused Ukraine of holding an American journalist “hostage” even as President Joe Biden asks Congress to send them more taxpayer money. Vance was responding to a story updating the situation involving Gonzalo Lira, a prolific online personality who was arrested back in May on charges of producing …

Ukraine says more than 19,000 children have been taken illegally by Russia since it began its full-scale invasion. Ukraine’s first lady Olena Zelenska has called on world leaders to help ensure the return of thousands of Ukrainian children forcibly taken by Russia as Belarusian state media published photos of dozens …

  US President, Joe Biden has stated that supporting Ukraine in its defense against Russia’s invasion is “not only investment in Ukraine’s future, but in the future of every country that values the basic UN rules of sovereignty and territorial integrity that apply equally to all nationsbig and small.”   …

Ukraine’s President, Volodymyr Zelensky has said the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Wagner mercenary leader whose plane crashed weeks after he led a mutiny against Moscow’s military leadership, shows what happens when people make deals with Russian president, Vladimir Putin. Speaking on Friday, September 8, to CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, Zelensky rejected …