Category: Russia-Ukraine War

Blinken Says China Assured It Won’t Send Weapons to Russia

China has assured the United States and other countries that it won’t supply Russia lethal aid that could be used against Ukraine, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said after meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on June 19. Blinken, the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit Beijing since President Joe Biden took office in 2021, said…


Russian Opposition Leader Navalny Urges Anti-Kremlin Campaign as His New Trial Begins

MELEKHOVO, Russia—Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny urged his supporters Monday to begin a broad campaign against Moscow’s actions in Ukraine as he went on trial on new charges of extremism that could keep him behind bars for decades. The trial began inside a maximum security penal colony in Melekhovo, 250 kilometers (150 miles) east…


Zelenskyy Questions US Presidential Candidates Calling for Ukraine Peace Deal: ‘Are They Ready to Go to War?’

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in a recent interview with NBC News, pushed back on comments from Republican politicians who are hesitant to keep bolstering Ukraine’s military against Russia. Zelenskyy joined NBC News to talk about Ukraine’s ongoing counteroffensive and his requests for additional weapons and aircraft for Ukrainian forces. During the Thursday interview, NBC correspondent…


Ukraine Reports Limited Gains; Moscow Claims Kyiv’s Offensive Has Stalled

Two weeks after the de facto launch of a long-awaited Ukrainian counter-offensive, both sides are claiming battlefield victories in the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions. Kyiv claims its forces have successfully penetrated several miles beyond Russian defense lines and have retaken several strategic positions. Moscow, for its part, says Kyiv’s counter-attack has been stopped in its…


Russia Reports Fierce Fighting

Russia reported fierce fighting on Sunday on three sections of the front line in Ukraine while Ukraine’s president praised his troops for repelling Russia’s advances and claimed their counter-offensive was progressing well. The assessments of action along the 1,000-km (600-mile) long front were made a day after an African peace mission wrapped up talks with…


Russia’s Putin Rebuts Key Elements of African Peace Plan for Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday gave African leaders seeking to mediate in the war in Ukraine a list of reasons why he believed many of their proposals were misguided, pouring cold water on a plan already largely dismissed by Kyiv. The African leaders were seeking agreement on a series of “confidence building measures,” even as Kyiv…


Russian Missile Kills 2 in Ukraine’s Kharkiv Region: Governor

KYIV—Kharkiv regional governor Oleh Synehubov revised the death toll from a Russian missile strike on a small Ukrainian village in the east to two people on Saturday. Synehubov initially said on the Telegram messaging app that four people were killed as a Russian anti-tank guided missile hit a car driving towards the village of Huriyv…


Putin Meets With African Leaders in Russia to Discuss Ukraine Peace Plan, but No Visible Progress

KYIV, Ukraine—Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday met with a group of leaders of African countries who traveled to Russia on a self-styled “peace mission” the day after they went to Ukraine, but the meeting ended with no visible progress. The seven African leaders—the presidents of Comoros, Senegal, South Africa, and Zambia, as well as…


Biden Says Ukraine Can’t Join NATO Unless It Meets ‘Same Standards’

Ukraine won’t get a fast track to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization even though NATO allies have provided the country with significant resources since the conflict with Russia erupted, said President Joe Biden on Saturday. At a campaign rally with union officials, Biden was asked by reporters if he would make it easier for Ukraine to…


Putin Confirms Russia Sent Nuclear Weapons to Belarus

Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed that Moscow has moved nuclear warheads to Belarus amid international condemnation of nuclear usage in the ongoing war against Ukraine. “As you know we were negotiating with our ally, Belarusian President [Alexander] Lukashenko, that we would move a part of these tactical nuclear weapons to the territory of Belarus—this has…