Get the latest developments in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war as allies in the West respond to the international conflict.
The U.S. Department of Defense has faced challenges in accurately valuing defense articles sent to Ukraine due to unclear accounting definitions, a new Government Accountability Office report showed. Read more
Ukraine has lost half its generating capacity as a result of Russian attacks on its power plants, leading to constant shortages and mass blackouts in all regions. Read more
Andriy Yermak, head of Zelensky’s presidential office, and Phil Gordon discussed the situation at the front and Russia’s campaign of aerial attacks on Ukrainian cities and energy infrastructure, Yermak’s office said. Read more
A linguist who belonged to a hard-line nationalist party, she was despised by some for her denunciation of Russian-speaking fighters in elite Ukrainian military units. Read more
German aid to Ukraine will be cut to 4 billion euros ($4.35 billion) in 2025 from around 8 billion euros in 2024, according to a draft of the 2025 budget seen by Reuters. Read more
The United States informed Germany, the report said, adding that German security services were able to protect Papperger. Read more
Zelensky, who is in Washington for this week’s NATO summit, was due to meet with leaders of the Senate and House of Representatives and members of committees involved in defense, spending, diplomacy and national security. Read more
Biden, 81, has endured 12 days of withering questions about his fitness for office as some of his fellow Democrats on Capitol Hill and campaign donors fear that he will lose the Nov. 5 election after a halting debate performance on June 27. Read more
Yoon said Seoul would make a decision on weapons support for Ukraine based on how a new military pact between Moscow and Pyongyang plays out. Read more
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The hospital strike was part of a barrage of bombings by Moscow across the country, including one of its deadliest assaults on Kyiv since the first months of the war. Read more
The Ukrainian Air Force said Russia had attacked 12 Ukrainian regions, with 24 of 32 drones shot down. Read more
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin also gave a nod to Ukraine’s aspirations to eventually join NATO, more than two years after Russia’s full-scale invasion. Read more
Leaders of the 27 EU countries, meeting formally for the first time since European elections on June 6-9, gave a warm welcome to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who made a rare personal appearance in Brussels for the signing ceremony. Read more
Russian forces are slowly pushing their way across parts of eastern Ukraine, capturing several villages since seizing the key city of Avdiivka in February. Read more
Even during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, when the Cold War is thought to have come closest to nuclear war, Russia did not sever relations with the United States. Read more
The strategy outlined by Kellogg and Fleitz is the most detailed plan yet by associates of Trump, who has said he could quickly settle the war in Ukraine. Read more
The war in Ukraine has triggered the biggest confrontation between Russia and the West since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. Read more
Russia launched a new barrage of missiles and drones at Ukraine in the early hours of Thursday, causing “significant” damage to a thermal power plant and maintaining pressure on the electricity grid, Ukrainian officials said. Read more
Russian forces launched five drones to attack the Lviv region that borders NATO member Poland, injuring two men, according to Lviv regional governor Maksym Kozytskyi. Read more
Over 90 countries attended the two-day talks at a Swiss Alpine resort at the behest of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, billed as a “peace summit” even though Moscow was not invited. Read more
President Joe Biden sent Vice President Kamala Harris to represent him — a decision that had riled Kyiv. Read more
