Six F-35 Lightning II jets from Utah’s Hill AFB that deployed to Germany last week have now “forward-deployed” to NATO’s eastern flank near the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea the Air Force said Wednesday.
President Joe Biden has announced a new round of sanctions targeting Russia after its invasion of Ukraine, charging that Russia’s Vladimir Putin “chose this war” and his country will bear the consequences.
Vladimir Putin told the world in the lead-up to its attacks on Ukraine that his operation aimed to "denazify" Ukraine. Ukraine has a Jewish president who lost relatives in the Holocaust and who heads a Western-backed, democratically elected government.
World leaders are reacting to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with raw outrage and vows of unprecedented sanctions that shroud a sense of powerlessness to defend Ukraine militarily without running the risk of a wider war in Europe.
Stocks tumbled worldwide Thursday after Russia’s attack of Ukraine sent fear coursing through markets and upped the pressure on the high inflation squeezing the economy.
Oil prices surged above $100 per barrel after Russia launched an invasion of Ukraine, piling pressure on a global economy already reeling from rampant inflation.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says Russia has launched war on Ukraine and that the security alliance will defend every inch of its territory.
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VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, DASHA LITVINOVA, YURAS KARMANAU and JIM HEINTZ, Associated Press
Russia has launched a wide-ranging attack on Ukraine. It hit cities and bases with airstrikes or shelling Thursday, as civilians piled into trains and cars to flee.
The Kremlin said rebel leaders in eastern Ukraine asked Russia for military assistance to help fend off Ukrainian "aggression." The announcement on Wednesday immediately fueled fears that Moscow was offering up a pretext for war, just as the West had warned.
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NOMAAN MERCHANT and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press
There’s little support among Americans for a major U.S. role in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, according to a new poll, even as President Joe Biden imposes new sanctions and threatens a stronger response that could provoke retaliation from Moscow.
The European Union agreed to slap sanctions Wednesday on Russia's defense minister, a top adviser to President Vladimir Putin and hundreds of Russian lawmakers.
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DASHA LITVINOVA and YURAS KARMANAU, Associated Press
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Europe braced for further confrontation Wednesday and Ukraine urged its citizens to leave Russia after tensions escalated dramatically when Russia’s leader got the OK to use military force outside his country and the West responded with a raft of sanctions. Hopes for a diplomatic way out of a new, potentially devastating war appeared […]
Tonga’s main internet connection to the rest of the world has finally been restored more than five weeks after a huge volcanic eruption and tsunami severed a crucial undersea cable.
Queen Elizabeth II canceled scheduled online engagements on Tuesday because she is still experiencing mild cold-like symptoms after testing positive for COVID-19.
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VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, YURAS KARMANAU and AAMER MADHANI, Associated Press
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says he has cancelled plans to meet his Russian counterpart in Geneva later this week as Russia presses ahead with recognition of separatist regions of Ukraine.
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VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, YURAS KARMANAU and AAMER MADHANI, Associated Press
President Joe Biden has announced the U.S. is ordering heavy financial sanctions against Russian banks and oligarchs, declaring that Moscow has flagrantly violated international law by invading Ukraine.