‘Massive Blaze’ After Ukraine Drone Attack on Oil Depot Inside Russia
Associated Press – A Ukrainian drone struck an oil depot in western Russia on Friday, causing a massive fire, officials said. Kiev forces appear to have expanded their attacks on mainland Russia ahead of the second anniversary of the war. The local governor said four oil reservoirs with a total capacity of 6,000 cubic meters […]
France Ramps Up Weapons Production for Ukraine
PARIS (AP) – French manufacturers are planning to supply some weapons to Ukraine as France increasingly shifts away from its previous policy of spending on its own munitions to support the war effort against Russia. Reduced system manufacturing time by more than half. The French defense minister said in an interview published Thursday that there […]
Speaker Johnson Says Ukraine Bill May Be ‘Broken Up’ From Border Funding After White House Meeting
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson said Wednesday on Fox News that the Ukraine bill could be “decoupled” from border funding following recent talks with the White House. Johnson appeared on “The Ingraham Angle” to discuss the ongoing crisis at the southern border and the obstacles to moving forward with a deal to resolve the issue. […]
Davos day three: 2024 will be ‘moment of truth’ for Ukraine; Hunt to ‘bang the drum’ for UK investment – business live | Business
Introduction: 2024 will be a “moment of truth” for Ukraine Good morning from Davos. In Davos, world leaders, business executives and other members of the global elite continue to attend the World Economic Forum's annual meeting. This morning begins in Ukraine as British Foreign Secretary David Cameron is attending the annual Ukraine Breakfast Debate here. […]
The Black Sea is now the center of gravity for the Ukraine War
Prussian military theorist Carl von Clausewitz once wrote, “The genius of a strategist is to identify the decisive point and concentrate everything there.'' Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy emphasized this point at the beginning of the new year. interview Together with The Economist, he emphasized that Crimea and the Black Sea will be the focus of […]
House speaker Johnson to press White House for border solution before Ukraine
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) said on Wednesday that the U.S. and Mexican government would agree to send $61.4 billion in additional military aid to Ukraine for its war against Russia when the leaders meet at the White House. He announced that he would direct President Biden to secure the border. “Before I talk about […]
Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 693 | Ukraine
At least 17 people injured in Russian airstrike Probably used two S-300 missiles in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. Regional Governor Oleg Sinegubov said on Tuesday night. Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said residential buildings were destroyed and there were no military targets in the area. Prior to this, authorities in the Kharkiv region in northeastern […]
Ukraine War Never Would Have Happened Under Trump
Brexit leader Nigel Farage said Vladimir Putin's Russia would never have invaded Ukraine on Donald Trump's watch, and that an increasingly dangerous world would see him in the White House. He argued that he needed to return to power. Nigel Farage spoke ahead of the Iowa caucuses, where Donald Trump won more votes than all […]
Ukraine says it destroys Russian spy plane and airborne command post
Ukraine announced on Monday that it had destroyed a Russian Beriev A-50 reconnaissance plane and an Ilyushin Il-22 airborne command post in the Sea of Azov region, dealing a blow to Russian military operations in occupied southern Ukraine. “The Ukrainian Air Force destroyed an enemy A-50 long-range radar detector and an enemy IL-22 air traffic […]
Convicted Russian Mayor’s Jail Term Cut After Agreeing to Fight in Ukraine
(AP) – A disgraced former Russian mayor convicted of bribery has had his sentence reduced after signing a deal to fight Russian troops in Ukraine, local media reported Sunday. Oleg Gumenyuk, who served as mayor of the Far Eastern city and cultural capital Vladivostok from 2018 to 2021, was found guilty last year of accepting […]