NATO’s new leader pledges to boost Ukraine support, but challenges lie ahead
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, ((eds.: pronounced ROO-tuh)) who took up the role this week, visited Ukraine Thursday and pledged to prioritize the alliance’s support for Kyiv. But Rutte faces daunting challenges in his new job, as Henry Ridgwell reports. Source:…
Despite obstacles, new NATO leader aims to increase support for Ukraine
london — With an escalating war in the Middle East, uncertainty over Western military aid for Ukraine, and the U.S. presidential election looming next month, new NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has no time to settle in. The former Dutch prime…
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy visits Sumy region bordering Russia’s Kursk province
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that he had visited the northern Sumy region, from where Ukraine recently launched a major incursion into the neighboring Russian Kursk region. Almost two months into the surprise operation, Kyiv’s troops control swaths of…
Ukraine’s Femen protest war at Iran embassy
kyiv, ukraine — Ukrainian feminist activists staged a topless protest Friday outside the Embassy of Iran, which Kyiv and the West say is arming Russia. Ukraine’s Femen group is a feminist art collective that has for years staged stunts in…
Handful of residents remains in Ukrainian village destroyed by Russia
Viktor Kalyberda, 63, lives in the village of Sulyhivka with no running water or electricity. The village, 170 kilometers from Kharkiv, was destroyed during the Russian invasion in 2022, not a single house was spared. All of the residents fled…
Ukraine says Russia attacked its critical infrastructure with 19 drones
KYIV, Ukraine — The Ukrainian air force said on Friday that Russia attacked critical infrastructure in the country with 19 drones overnight. Air defenses shot down nine drones, with seven more likely impacted by electronic jamming, it said in a…
During visit to Kyiv, new NATO chief pledges alliance’s support for Ukraine
New NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said Thursday that the alliance knows Ukraine has urgent needs in its fight against Russia’s invasion, as he visited Kyiv for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Rutte told reporters it was important for him…
Fall of Ukraine’s Vuhledar painful, but not decisive in war, say experts
Military analysts are appraising the fall of Vuhledar, a coal-mining town in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, as a painful setback for Ukrainian forces but one that is unlikely to change the course of the war. Ukraine’s eastern military command said…
Russia to try American accused of being Ukrainian mercenary in secret
MOSCOW — The trial of a 72-year-old American man whom Russia accuses of working as a mercenary for Ukraine will take place behind closed doors, and the verdict will be announced Monday, Russian state media reported. Stephen Hubbard is accused…
New NATO chief Rutte pledges alliance’s support for Ukraine in Kyiv visit
New NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said Thursday the alliance knows Ukraine has urgent needs in its fight against Russia’s invasion, as he visited Kyiv for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Rutte told reporters it was important for him to…