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Russian forces targeted Ukraine’s energy facilities again on Tuesday, leaving part of Kyiv and other cities with no power and water. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Twitter on Tuesday that in the past eight days, 30% of Ukraine’s power stations had been destroyed, “causing…
Read More Zelenskyy Says “No Space Left For Negotiation” With Putin After Attacks In Ukraine On Tuesday
Western countries worry they lack the production capacity to live up to their pledges to supply Ukraine with air defense systems as Putin signals escalation of attacks on the country, according to the Financial Times. Russia’s latest bombardment Monday that hit critical infrastructure facilities prompted…
Read More After Putin Escalates Attacks Zelenskyy Calls On NATO To Construct An “Air Shield”
President Biden said Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin “miscalculated significantly” in deciding to invade Ukraine, during an appearance with CNN’s Jake Tapper. Tapper asked the president whether he considered Putin to be a “rational actor.” “I think he is a rational actor who has…
Read More Biden Says Putin “Miscalculated Significantly” In Deciding To Invade Ukraine Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is calling on allies to provide air defense as Russia continued a barrage of strikes on Ukraine for a second day, while also asking for international peacekeepers on the Belarusian border. Belarus said on Tuesday that it has been holding an…
Read More Zelenskyy Calls On Allies For Ukrainian Air Defense, Peacekeepers On Belarus Border
On Monday, President Biden, spoke with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and expressed his condemnation of Russia’s missile strikes across Ukraine, including in Kyiv, and conveyed his condolences to the loved ones of those “killed and injured” in these senseless attacks. Authorities report at least 11 deaths,…
Read More Russia Says The US Is “De Facto” Mired In Conflict As Biden Pledges Air Defense System For Ukraine
Several Ukrainian cities took severe blows, including Kyiv, in what Russian President Vladimir Putin called retaliation for a weekend explosion on the Kerch Bridge. At least 14 civilians were killed and nearly 100 were wounded, the Ukrainian Emergency Service reported. “Russian Federation has used 84 cruise missiles and 24 UAV,…
Read More US Condemns Russian Airstrikes, Vows ‘Unwavering’ Support For Ukraine Russia launched a barrage of missile strikes across Ukraine Monday, one of which damaged the German consular office in Kyiv, according to multiple reports. Russia’s nationwide missile bombardment, the first in months, marks a significant escalation in the war in retaliation for Ukraine’s alleged sabotage of…
Read More Russia Strikes Civilian Targets, Damages German Consulate In Kyiv
Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko said he would deploy troops to a joint regional force with Russia Monday after months of hesitation to engage in active combat, Reuters reported. Lukashenko struck a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has pressured Belarus for months to join…
Read More Belarus Joining Russia In War Against Ukraine
On Monday, multiple cities in Ukraine were hit with a barrage of devastating Russian airstrikes that damaged infrastructure in eight regions of the country. “Russian Federation has used 84 cruise missiles and 24 UAV, including 13 Iranian Shahid-136 drones,” Ukraine’s military’s General Staff said, adding…
Read More Russia Intensified Missile Strikes In Ukraine Targeting Critical Infrastructure, Killing 11
Ukrainian officials say that at least 180 bodies, but numbers that could exceed 200, including “whole families” with young children, have been discovered in a mass grave in Lyman less than one week after troops reclaimed the formerly Russian-occupied city. Yevhen Zhukov, head of the…
Read More Ukraine’s Defense Ministry Says The First 20 Bodies In Lyman Exhumed From Mass Grave