Ukraine war briefing: New Year’s Day drone strike kills two in Kyiv | Russia
The breakaway Moldova region of Transdniestria cut off heating and hot water to homes on Wednesday after Russia cut off gas supplies. To Central and Eastern Europe via Ukraine. The cut off in gas flow was immediately felt in the territory of about 450,000 people, mostly Russian-speaking, which broke away from Moldova in the early […]
Zelenskyy Urges U.S. To Supply More Gas To Europe After Ukraine Halts Flow Of Russian Gas
This pool image distributed by the Sputnik agency shows Gazprom's Amur gas processing plant near the town of Svobodny, September 13, 2023 (Photo by MIKHAIL METZEL/POOL/AFP, Getty Images) OAN Staff Blake Wolf2:03 PM – Wednesday, January 1, 2025 After decades of supplying European countries with Russian gas, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has urged the United […]
Russian gas flows to Europe via Ukraine cease as transit agreement expires | Russia
Russian gas has stopped flowing to Europe through Ukraine, ending a key energy route that dates back to Soviet times and withstood three years of all-out war between the two countries. Ukraine cut off the shipping route after the agreement signed in 2019 expired in the early hours of New Year's Day. This marks a […]
Ukraine Ends Russian Gas to Europe, Energy Prices Spike
Despite nearly three years of war, Russian energy continues to pass unhindered through Ukrainian territory every day to date, and on New Year's Day the water taps were firmly closed. Today, for the first time in decades, Russian gas is being supplied to European customers through Ukrainian pipelines at zero cost, with confirmation that there […]
Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy vows his country will do everything in 2025 to stop Russia | Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has vowed that his country will use 2025 to fight to end nearly three years of Russian aggression. The Ukrainian leader's speech caps a difficult year for the war-torn country, which has been fending off resource-rich Russian forces for nearly three years. “May 2025 be our year,” President Zelenskiy said in […]
Russian Missile and Drone Attack on Ukraine Hits Multiple Targets
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched an airstrike into Ukraine on Tuesday, hitting the capital and other areas with multiple missiles and drones. Ukraine's air force reported the ballistic missile threat at 3am (1pm Japan time), and at least two explosions were heard in Kiev minutes later. Another missile alert was issued at 8 a.m., […]
Ukraine receives US liquefied natural gas shipment for the first time
Ukraine has received its first shipment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States, energy company officials confirmed this week. It's a positive development for Kiev, which has moved to step up purchases of U.S. supplies and protect against broader regional supply concerns. Ukrainian private energy company DTEK confirmed that it has received approximately […]
Hold Ukraine accountable for corruption, misspent aid
The shame of American military aid in Iraq and Afghanistan is that while the American military and its local allies are fighting valiantly, the leaders of so-called allies are getting rich. We have seen even worse in Ukraine. While Ukraine's military and civilians fought valiantly in the fierce race for independence, Ukraine's leaders became staggeringly […]
Putin offers to pay off debts as recruitment tool in war against Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin appears to have taken an excerpt from President Biden's book, proposing to cancel the debt of new recruits joining the country's military for one year. In November, President Putin signed a law that allows those who join the Russian military after December 1, 2024 to have their debts of up to […]
‘Final insult’: Biden admin signs off on $5.9 billion more for Ukraine
President Joe Biden approved $2.5 billion in “security assistance” on Monday, while Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen issued another $3.4 billion in “direct budget support” to Ukraine. In just one day, the Biden administration gave the go-ahead for nearly $6 billion in aid to Ukraine. Since Russia invaded in February 2022, Ukraine has received More than […]