Tag: Ukraine
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Iran attack puts pressure on US House speaker to pass aid bill for Israel and Ukraine | House of Representatives
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The US House speaker, Mike Johnson, has said he will aim to advance a bill for wartime aid to Israel this week following Iran’s weekend attack, but did not clarify whether Ukraine funding would be part of the package. US assistance for both nations has languished amid political bickering in Congress, with Johnson – an…
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Could Ukraine lose? The question hovers over Kyiv, amid defiance
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KYIV, Ukraine — Could Ukraine lose this war? For more than two years, as this country of 44 million people has fought off an all-out invasion by neighboring Russia, a spirit of stubborn optimism prevailed even amid the most frightening moments. Any notion of defeat was unthinkable, an almost taboo topic. But now the question hovers,…
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Marjorie Taylor Greene escalates threat to oust Mike Johnson over Ukraine aid – live | US politics
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Marjorie Taylor Greene escalates pressure on Johnson in scathing memo Republican Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene escalated her threat to oust Mike Johnson, issuing a searing indictment of the House speaker in a letter explaining her decision to file a motion to oust him. In the five-page memo sent to her Republican colleagues on Tuesday…
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UK’s David Cameron heads to Washington for Ukraine talks after meeting Donald Trump in Florida
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WASHINGTON — British Foreign Secretary David Cameron is in Washington on Tuesday to press senior Republicans to unlock money for Ukraine, after meeting a skeptical Donald Trump in Florida. Cameron says victory for Ukraine is “vital for American and European security,” but the former president and presumptive Republican candidate is a critic of continued U.S.…
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A Drone Strike in Odesa, Ukraine, Shatters a Family’s Life
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In the photograph, Anna Haidarzhy and her 4-month-old son, Tymofii, are barely visible under the bloodstained blanket. They lie in the rubble, at the feet of rescue workers in black and fluorescent uniforms. Just two arms, one from the mother, 31, one from her son, can be seen sticking out of the blanket. “It looked…
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Ukraine Claims One of Its Biggest Attacks Inside Russia Just Destroyed Six Bombers
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Ukraine is claiming to have destroyed at least six warplanes at an airfield in Russia in a major drone attack Friday. Another eight aircraft were damaged in the attack at the military installation near Morozovsk in Russia’s Rostov region bordering Ukraine, officials told the Associated Press. Regional Gov. Vasily Golubev warned late Thursday that local…
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U.S. Arms Will Help Ukraine, but Only for a Little While
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The $300 million in new weaponry that the United States is sending to Ukraine, the first American military aid package in months, will help the Ukrainian military hold off Russian troops for a few weeks, analysts say, but it will not change the overall situation on the battlefield, where Moscow currently has the advantage. Ukraine…
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Ukraine should have the courage of the ‘white flag,’ negotiate end of war with Russia
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ROME (AP) — Pope Francis said in an interview that Ukraine, facing a possible defeat, should have the courage to negotiate an end to the war with Russia and not be ashamed to sit at the same table to carry out peace talks. The pope made his appeal during an interview recorded last month with…