The U.S. Navy will drop from 11 to 10 aircraft carriers for about a year once the USS Nimitz is decommissioned next year, as recent budget documents show a new carrier will be delayed from its original delivery date. According to the Department of Defense Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 budget estimates, Newport News Shipbuilders was […]
President Donald Trump is “hopeful” Russia and Ukraine can make a deal this week after a temporary Easter ceasefire between the two countries ended. “Hopefully Russia and Ukraine will make a deal this week,” Trump posted on his social media platform, Truth Social. “Both will then start to do big business with the United […]
The U.S. will hold new ceasefire talks with Russia and Ukraine in separate meetings in the coming weeks, and a temporary ceasefire will pressure Russia to comply, President Volodymyr Zelensky told journalists on April 9. “I believe that in the coming weeks there will be a meeting between the Americans and the Russians and between […]
The White House has dimissed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s proposal to establish a temporary government in Ukraine under United Nations supervision, Reuters reported on March 28. Putin suggested a transitional administration, overseen by the U.N. and several countries, could be formed in Ukraine to organize elections. “This is only one of the options. I am […]
A temporary government should be introduced in Ukraine to hold new elections, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an address on March 27. Russian officials have repeatedly discredited the legitimacy of President Volodymyr Zelensky and have questioned Ukraine’s sovereignty. Meanwhile, Russia is considered a consolidated authoritarian regime with manipulated elections by Freedom House. “It is […]
The Kremlin is prioritizing a long-term settlement over a temporary ceasefire in Ukraine, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said on March 13, calling the U.S. truce proposal a “respite for the Ukrainian military.” His remarks come as U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, reportedly arrived in Moscow for talks […]
Key developments on March 11: Ukraine agrees to 30-day ceasefire if Russia abides by it, Kyiv says US to ‘immediately’ resume security assistance, intelligence sharing to Ukraine Ukraine targets Russian oil facilities in Moscow, Oryol oblasts in mass strike overnight, military claims Putin unwilling to compromise on Ukraine, sets maximalist demands, Bloomberg reports Russia claims […]