US to send antipersonnel mines to Ukraine
The U.S. is planning to send Ukraine antipersonnel land mines to help Kyiv’s forces fend off the advance of Russian ground troops, U.S. defense chief Lloyd Austin said Wednesday. The decision is the second U.S. policy reversal in recent days…
G20 wraps summit highlighting Global South issues
Leaders of the 20 largest economies, the G20, ended a two-day summit in Brazil with a statement supporting developing world priorities on climate change, poverty reduction and taxing billionaires. The final communique did not include strong language on Ukraine and…
Iran slams new EU, UK sanctions as unjustified
TEHRAN, IRAN — Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday slammed as unjustified the new sanctions by the European Union and United Kingdom against Tehran over its support for Russia’s war on Ukraine. “While the president of Ukraine has admitted that no…
The impact of 1,000 days of Russia’s war on a Ukrainian family
This week marks 1,000 days of fighting in Ukraine. The mounting death toll, the air raid sirens and explosions have been a grim reality for millions of Ukrainians, including 32-year-old Kyiv resident Oleh Reshetnyak and his loved ones. Anna Kosstutschenko…
Cracks emerge in G20 consensus over Ukraine as US ramps up aid
RIO DE JANEIRO — With just two months remaining in President Joe Biden’s administration, the United States is ramping up financial, military and diplomatic support for Kyiv’s effort to defend itself against Russian aggression. At the G20 summit in Rio…
Ukraine launches first US-supplied long-range missiles into Russia
Ukraine said Tuesday it hit ammunition warehouses in the Bryansk region of Russia in a predawn strike, an attack the warring sides said for the first time involved the deployment of long-range U.S.-supplied ballistic missiles. The two sides disputed the…
Russia increases arms trade with UN-embargoed nations to feed Ukraine war
Russia has been buying artillery shells and missiles from North Korea, buying drones and ballistic missiles from Iran and strengthening ties with the Taliban in Afghanistan to sustain its war in Ukraine. All three governments are under U.N. embargoes that…
Latvian company to send drones to Ukraine
The Baltic states have committed to continue providing financial and material support to Ukraine’s fight against Russia in 2025. Part of that support is coming from the Latvian-led Drone Coalition. Vladislav Andrejevs has the story, narrated by Anna Rice. Video…
Russia grinds deeper into Ukraine as grueling war nears 1,000 days
Kyiv, Ukraine — When Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine in February 2022, the conventional wisdom was that the capital, Kyiv, would soon fall and the rest of the country wouldn’t last long against a much larger enemy. Instead, it was…
Reports: Biden OKs Ukraine’s use of US-supplied long-range missiles to strike Russia
In a major policy shift, U.S. President Joe Biden has for the first time authorized Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied long-range missiles to strike inside Russia, according to U.S. news accounts. The reported decision comes two months before Biden leaves office…