Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanks boxer Oleksandr Khyzhniak for Olympic gold amid Russian war
Ukraine won its third gold medal at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday, with President Volodymyr Zelensky expressing his gratitude on social media. Ukrainian middleweight boxer Oleksandr Khizhnyak won the gold medal at Roland Garros after defeating Kazakhstan’s Nurbek Oralbai 3-2 in a thrilling final. “Ukraine wins another gold medal at the Paris Olympics! Boxer Oleksandr […]
Ukraine’s 1st medal of Paris Olympics won by fencer who refused to shake Russian opponent’s hand
Ukraine’s first medal at the 2024 Olympics belongs to fencer Olga Harlan, but she insists it’s not just hers. Karlan overcame a six-point deficit to beat South Korea’s Choi Se-bin 15-14 to win the bronze medal in women’s sabre fencing on Monday, a medal she later dedicated to her country as it remains at war […]
Trump’s pick of JD Vance as running mate could seal Ukraine’s fate
Of all the candidates former President Donald Trump could have chosen to be his vice presidential nominee, there are few more adamant about cutting off further military assistance to Ukraine than Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH). In 2022, while campaigning for his Senate seat with Trump’s blessing, Vance famously told Steve Bannon on his Real America’s […]
Ukraine’s drone startups create affordable air, land and sea robots in secret to fight Russia
Facing a better-resourced enemy, the Ukrainian military is now considering using dozens of drones built by start-ups operating from clandestine labs scattered across the country. Ukraine added a fourth branch of its military, the Forces of Unmanned Systems, in May. Employees at entrepreneur Andriy Denisenko’s startup can assemble an unmanned ground vehicle, called Odyssey, in […]
NATO summit ends with no resolution of Ukraine’s main complaint: ‘crazy’ restrictions on American long-range missiles
ZELENSKY: ‘A CRAZY QUESTION’: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has to wonder if the U.S. truly wants it to decisively win the war with Russia because President Joe Biden steadfastly refuses to allow Ukraine to use American long-range missiles to prevent the kind of attack that killed a doctor and killed and wounded children at a […]
Biden Introduces Ukraine’s Zelensky As ‘President Putin’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks alongside US President Joe Biden about the Ukraine Compact initiative on the sidelines of the NATO summit at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC, July 11, 2024. (Photo: Ludovic Marin/AFP) By OAN Staff Member Sofia FloresThursday, July 11, 2024 3:58 PM President Joe Biden mistakenly referred to […]
Putin stresses peace only after Ukraine’s surrender as Hungary’s Orban makes surprise visit to Moscow
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who has been pushing for a peace deal to end the war in Ukraine, said Russian President Vladimir Putin has made it clear that peace talks are only possible after Ukraine effectively surrenders. “We can’t get closer to peace if we stay in Brussels. We have to take action,” Orban […]
Ukraine’s hopes of NATO entry dashed over its persistent corruption
Ukraine tactics Russia has been seeking NATO membership since gaining independence from the former Soviet Union in 1991, and there is every reason to believe it has a chance: after all, NATO member states agreed at the 2008 Bucharest summit that Russia could one day become a member of the NATO military alliance. Despite initial […]
Ukraine’s navy chief says Russian warships are leaving Crimean hub in Black Sea
The Russian Navy’s Black Sea Fleet has been forced to relocate almost all of its combat-ready warships from occupied Crimea to other locations. Although Russia has the advantage on land, Ukraine has dealt a heavy blow to Russian forces in the Black Sea. Ukrainian Navy commander, Vice Admiral Oleksiy Neizhpapa, said the upcoming delivery of […]
Ukraine’s army retreats from positions in strategic town as Russia closes in
Ukrainian forces have withdrawn from the area of Khashiv Yar, a strategically important town in the eastern Donetsk region. Chasif Yar is located near Bakhmut, which Russia captured last year, and its fall could put nearby cities at risk. Relentless Russian shelling left Chasiv Yar in ruins, the town deserted, and homes and offices burned. […]