Tag: Ukraine

LIVE NOW: NTD Evening News (March 3): Alex Murdaugh Sentenced to Life in Prison for Murders; Cancerous Lesion Removed From Biden’s Chest

Former high-profile lawyer Alex Murdaugh was sentenced to life in prison on March 3 for the murders of his wife and son after a jury declared him guilty on March 2. President Joe Biden’s doctor said that a lesion removed from the president’s chest last month was basal cell carcinoma, a common type of skin…


NTD Evening News (March 3): Alex Murdaugh Sentenced to Life in Prison for Murders; Cancerous Lesion Removed From Biden’s Chest

Former high-profile lawyer Alex Murdaugh was sentenced to life in prison on March 3 for the murders of his wife and son after a jury declared him guilty on March 2. President Joe Biden’s doctor said that a lesion removed from the president’s chest last month was basal cell carcinoma, a common type of skin…


Biden and Germany’s Scholz Vow to Support Ukraine ‘As Long as It Takes’

U.S. President Joe Biden is meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to discuss the war in Ukraine and the challenges posed by China’s communist regime. Scholz met Biden in the Oval Office for an extended one-on-one discussion about Russia’s attempted conquest in Ukraine, during which both leaders reaffirmed their commitment to supplying military and humanitarian…


Protest-Hit Moldova Reiterates Pro-Western Stance on Russia, Ukraine

Moldova’s parliament this week reiterated its condemnation of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which recently entered its second year. On March 2, a majority of Moldovan lawmakers endorsed a statement branding Russia’s “special military operation” as unprovoked and illegal, calling for the withdrawal of Russian forces from Ukraine. The endorsement, however, was far from unanimous.  Only…


The Only Winner in Ukraine Is China

Commentary Last weekend, the G20 finance ministers adjourned without a joint statement because two of them, from Russia and China, refused to condemn “in the strongest terms” Moscow’s aggression against Ukraine. Beijing likewise abstained a few days earlier from a similar U.N. General Assembly resolution. Despite widespread global support for Ukraine, the Chinese Communist Party…


Questioning Biden’s Ukraine Policy Doesn’t Make You an ‘Isolationist’

Commentary It’s not exactly a sign of a healthy democratic discourse that it’s virtually impossible to ask a critical question about the United States’ role in the Ukraine-Russia conflict without being smeared as a Putin apologist or an “isolationist.” We’ve been bombarded with bromides about a civilizational struggle that pits the forces of autocracy and…


Russian Mercenary Chief Says Ukraine’s Bakhmut Is Practically Surrounded

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of Russia’s Wagner mercenary force, said in a video published on Friday that the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut was “practically surrounded” by his forces and that Kyiv’s forces had only one road left out. Prigozhin’s men have spearheaded the assault in eastern Ukraine for months. Moscow regards Bakhmut, which it calls…


US, Norwegian Officials Concerned Russia Could Deploy Nuclear Weapons in Response to Ukrainian Counteroffensive

A U.S. State Department official and two Norwegian defense-focused politicians are concerned that Russian President Vladimir Putin might deploy a nuclear weapon in response to Ukraine’s planned spring counteroffensive, set to begin in weeks. The Ukrainian military plans to go on the offensive as soon as Western tanks and long-range rockets arrive, which could be…


Ukrainian ‘Saboteurs’ Attack Russian Border Region, Moscow Claims

Russian authorities on March 2 claimed they were fending off a “terrorist attack” in the country’s western Bryansk region, which shares a border with Ukraine’s northern regions of Sumy and Chernihiv. “Ukrainian saboteurs infiltrated a border district of the Bryansk region on Thursday morning,” Russia’s TASS news agency reported, adding that at least one person…


US, Russia Hold Highest-Level Talks Since Ukraine War

The United States and Russia held their highest-level face-to-face talks on March 2 since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov briefly on the sidelines of the March 2 G-20 summit in New Delhi, India. There is no indication of any easing in tension…