Russia launches assault in eastern Ukraine as Kyiv seeks western jets
Since winning the western pledge for tanks after months of lobbying, Kyiv has pressed on with further requests for arms, including calls for jet fighters such as U.S. F-16s
Russia Ukraine news
Poland donating 60 modernized tanks to Ukraine in addition to Leopards
Poland, which has positioned itself as one of Kyiv’s staunchest allies, pressed hard for Germany to send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine and to allow other countries to do so as well.
Russia unleashes missiles on Kyiv after Ukraine secures western tanks
Air force spokesperson Yuriy Ihnat said as many six Tu-95 warplanes had taken off from the Arctic region of Murmansk in northern Russia and launched long-range missiles.
Russia blames U.S., NATO for ‘really alarming’ change in Doomsday Clock
The clock moved its “time” in 2023 to 90 seconds to midnight, 10 seconds closer than it has been for the past three years, due to Russia’s war in Ukraine.
U.S. Treasury to designate Russia’s Wagner Group as transnational criminal group
The White House also released images of Russia taking delivery of an arms shipment from North Korea that it said was intended to help bolster Wagner forces.
Ukrainian strikes on Crimea would be ‘extremely dangerous,’ Russia warns
Attacks on Russian air and naval bases in Crimea and on the Russian-built road and rail bridge linking it to Russia across the mouth of the Azov Sea.
Ukraine renews plea for battle tanks as U.S., Germany defence chiefs meet
U.S. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin was in Germany on Thursday to meet new Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, just hours after Pistorius was sworn into office.
Putin claims Russia invaded Ukraine to end ‘war’ that began in 2014
Moscow had long sought to negotiate a settlement to the conflict in Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland of Donbas, Vladimir Putin claimed on Wednesday.
Will Ukraine get Leopard battle tanks? Germany’s new defence minister will decide
Nearly 11 months after Russia invaded, Kyiv says a fleet of western battle tanks would give its forces the mobile firepower they need to drive Russian troops out.
British tanks given to Ukraine ‘will burn just like the rest,’ Russia says
Dmitry Peskov said the new supplies from countries like Britain and Poland would not change the situation on the ground, but were an attempt to draw out the conflict.