U.S. Vice President JD Vance criticized Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Feb. 19, saying his public remarks about U.S. President Donald Trump were counterproductive. “The idea that Zelensky is going to change the president’s mind by badmouthing him in public media — everyone who knows the president will tell you that is an atrocious way […]
Ukraine has called on European countries to appoint a high-level representative for potential negotiations to end Russia’s war, Bloomberg reported on Feb. 17, citing Presidential Office Deputy Head Ihor Zhovkva. The news comes after U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, said on Feb. 15 that Europe would not be directly involved […]
U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, Keith Kellogg, attended a panel discussion during the Munich Security Conference on Feb. 15 where he called for the the U.S. to implement additional sanctions on Russia’s “shadow fleet,” while also calling for concessions from both countries to secure a peace deal. “What is driving […]
President Volodymyr Zelensky called on Europe to create its own armed forces amid uncertainty over further U.S. support against potential Russian aggression. “Let’s be clear: We cannot rule out the possibility that America may refuse to cooperate with Europe on issues that threaten it,” Zelensky said on Feb. 15 during his speech at the Munich […]
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced criticism from Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker after suggesting that Ukraine’s return to its pre-war borders was “unrealistic.” While Hegseth has since walked back some of his comments, Wicker, a staunch supporter of Kyiv, argued in an interview with Politico that the damage was done, saying: “He made […]
President Donald Trump’s Justice Department pushed to undo an “anti-Constitutional” ruling from a federal judge that blocked Elon Musk and any of his close associates from accessing Treasury Department data on Monday. U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer’s Saturday ruling blocked Department of Government Efficiency officials from accessing personal data such as social security numbers and […]
A New York judge called out a university in New York for its lack of action amid increasing antisemitism while denying its motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by Jewish students. The judge said that Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, a small private four-year college located in Lower Manhattan, must face charges for […]
Ukraine’s Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi on Feb. 3 condemned recent violent attacks against enlistment officers, calling for a full investigation and punishment of the perpetrators. “In a short time, unfortunately, three shameful acts of violence occurred in different regions, in which servicemen were injured,” Syrskyi said. In Poltava Oblast, a draft officer was shot dead overnight […]
Lithuania’s President Gitanas Nauseda emphasized the necessity of Ukraine’s full involvement in peace negotiations and increased defense spending by regional countries to prevent future Russian aggression. In an interview with the Associated Press, Nauseda warned that a peace settlement without proper deterrents would allow Russia to consolidate its forces and prepare for further military action.”You […]
Far-right Romanian politician Calin Georgescu called Ukraine a “fictional state” and claimed that the eventual partition of its territories is “inevitable” in an interview published on Jan. 29. “On 100% it will happen,” Calin Georgescu said in the interview with journalist Ion Cristoiu about redrawing Ukraine’s borders as a consequence of the Russia-Ukraine war, suggesting […]
Anastasia Radina, head of the Ukrainian parliament’s anti-corruption committee, on Jan. 25 urged Defense Minister Rustem Umerov to resign after he fired Maryna Bezrukova, the head of the Defense Procurement Agency (DPA). At the same time, the DPA and Bezrukova said that Umerov’s decision was null and void, and she remains the legitimate head of […]
CNN host Jake Tapper ripped President Biden on Sunday for what he described as a “nonsensical” claim during a recent conversation with reporters, which was that Vice President Kamala Harris could have beaten President-elect Donald Trump. “Okay, first of all, just I think Kamala would have beaten Trump? She ran against him, and she lost, […]