Russia-Ukraine War

Sri Lankan officials said this week they were canceling long-term tourist visa extensions amid public fury over the event.

The United States and the European Union are piling new sanctions on Russia on the eve of the second anniversary of its invasion of Ukraine and in retaliation for the death of noted Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny last week in an Arctic penal colony.

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and four other Democratic senators traveled Friday to Ukraine, where they planned to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy amid a standoff in Washington over billions of dollars in military aid for the war-torn nation.

Ukraine’s security service says employees from an arms firm conspired with defense ministry officials to embezzle almost $40 million earmarked to buy mortar shells for the war with Russia.

A Russian military transport plane crashed Wednesday in a border region near Ukraine, and Moscow accused Kyiv of shooting it down, saying all 74 people aboard were killed, including 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war headed for a swap. Russia offered no evidence and Ukraine did not immediately confirm or deny it.

NATO will launch next week its biggest war games in decades with around 90,000 personnel set to take part in monthslong military exercises. “Steadfast Defender 24” is aimed at showing Russia that the alliance is determined to defend all of its territory. The exercises come as Russia’s war on Ukraine bogs down.

Zelenskyy will endeavor to keep his country’s long and largely stalemated defense against Russia on the minds of political leaders.

National Security Council spokesman John Kirby provided new intelligence details on the war in Ukraine, confirming that Russia is working with North Korea and Iran to replenish their missile stockpiles.

Ukraine’s two largest cities have come under Russian hypersonic ballistic missile attacks.

Dozens of Ukrainians were killed in the attack and more than 100 injured, with an unknown amount of people trapped under rubble.

Russia launched 122 missiles and dozens of drones against Ukrainian targets, killing at least 27 and injuring more than 144 others.

Artyom Kamardin was convicted on charges of inciting hatred for reading his anti-war poems during a street performance in downtown Moscow in September 2022.

President Joe Biden announced $200 million in pre-approved aid for Ukraine after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s marathon day of meetings on Tuesday.

“Today, Ukraine’s freedom is on the line, but if we don’t stop Putin, he’ll endanger the freedom for everyone almost everywhere,” President Joe Biden said in a news conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told America his country was fighting for “our freedom and yours” as he made an impassioned plea Tuesday for Congress to approve more assistance to fight Russia’s invasion.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Buenos Aires to witness the swearing-in of Argentina’s new president, Javier Milei.

The Justice Department says four Russian men accused of torturing an American during the invasion of Ukraine have been charged with war crimes in a first-of-its-kind case.

This marks the first time the U.S. government has used a war crimes statute that’s designed to prosecute those who commit war crimes against American citizens.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will address U.S. senators by video Tuesday during a classified briefing as the Biden administration impresses on Congress the need to approve the White House’s nearly $106 billion request for funds for the wars in Ukraine, Israel and other security needs.

Audio intercepts from Russian soldiers on the front lines in Ukraine offer a rare glimpse of the war through Russian eyes.