The U.N. Security Council will hold a meeting on April 29 over Russian aggression against Ukraine and its continued attacks on civilians, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said. The session was convened by France, which currently chairs the Security Council. Russia has intensified its missile and drone attacks against Ukrainian cities and towns even as […]
President Volodymyr Zelensky on April 28 slammed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Victory Day truce as “another attempt at manipulation” amid efforts to continue U.S.-led peace talks. “Now, yet again, another attempt at manipulation: for some reason, everyone is supposed to wait until May 8 before ceasing fire — just to provide Putin with silence for […]
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham responded to U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat of additional sanctions on Russia on April 26 by calling attention to his plan to impose secondary tariffs on countries importing Russian energy products. Trump hinted at possible sanctions against Moscow in a social media post criticizing Russian President Vladimir Putin. “It makes me […]
President Donald Trump on April 24 described Russia’s failure to seize all of Ukraine as a “pretty big concession,” a comment that has sparked renewed criticism of his approach to the war. During a meeting with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store in the Oval Office, Trump told reporters that Moscow’s inability to fully occupy […]
Editor’s note: The article was updated with the latest casualty figures. Russia attacked the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia on April 22, killing at least one person and injuring at least 22, including three children, Governor Ivan Fedorov said. Russian forces attacked the city at around 11:40 a.m. with two KAB bombs, with one hitting an […]
Editor’s Note: This story has been updated with additional details. Kyiv is proposing a 30-day ceasefire on long-range drone and missile strikes against civilian infrastructure, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on April 20. Zelensky’s proposal falls on Easter Sunday, amid a so-called “Easter truce” initiated on April 19 by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Despite Putin’s promise […]
Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry has called out Fox News for labeling Kyiv a “Russian city” during its news broadcast. During its coverage of Easter services on April 20, Fox News aired footage of religious services from around the world, including the service Russian President Vladimir Putin attended in Moscow. Simultaneously, the right-wing news network broadcast live […]
The international community must increase pressure on Russia following its deadly Palm Sunday attack on the Ukrainian city of Sumy, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his evening address April 13. Russia attacked Sumy with ballistic missiles armed with cluster munitions on the morning of Palm Sunday, killing at least 34 and injuring another 117 people. […]
Valerii Zaluzhnyi, former commander-in-chief and current ambassador to the U.K., described the joint Ukrainian-U.S. headquarters in Wiesbaden, Germany, as a “secret weapon” for planning military operations during the war. “This headquarters has truly become a secret weapon for our partners and me in planning operations and formulating the requirements for their implementation,” Zaluzhnyi said in […]
Doug Schoen, a former advisor to President Bill Clinton, said on Monday the Democratic Party is missing the mark when it comes to their leadership, direction and strategy. “The Democrats were and are out of step with the American people,” Schoen said on “Fox and Friends.” “The American people want to move in the direction Donald Trump […]
A federal judge’s 22-page decision on Sunday called the deportation of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia “wholly lawless.” Abrego Garcia, 29, was deported to an El Salvadoran megaprison last month for being an alleged MS-13 gang member. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis ordered the Department of Homeland Security and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to return […]
Key developments on April 5-6: Zelensky calls for tougher Western response after Russian missiles strike Kyiv. Russian attack on Kryvyi Rih kills 20 people, including 9 children, injures 75. Macron to helm EU’s talks with Putin, the Telegraph reports. Ukrainian drones hit Russian explosives, fiber optic factories near Moscow. One killed, 3 injured in Kyiv […]