World leaders join Ukraine summit in test of Kyiv’s peace push
President Joe Biden sent Vice President Kamala Harris to represent him — a decision that had riled Kyiv. Read more
Russia Attacks Ukraine
Get the latest developments in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war as allies in the West respond to the international conflict.
Putin demands more Ukrainian land to end war
He restated his demand for Ukraine’s demilitarisation, unchanged from the day he sent in his troops on Feb. 24, 2022, and said an end to Western sanctions must also be part of a peace deal. Read more
Ukraine summit attracts world leaders but fails to isolate Russia
World leaders will join Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at a summit this weekend to explore ways of ending the deadliest conflict in Europe since World War Two, but Russia isn’t invited and the event will fall short of Kyiv’s aim of isolating Moscow. Read more
G7 agrees on loan deal to support Ukraine with Russian assets
The political agreement was the centerpiece of the opening day in southern Italy of the annual summit of G7 leaders, attended for a second successive year by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Read more
U.S. to sign 10-year pact with Ukraine
The accord is essentially an executive agreement between two presidents. Read more
Troubled G7 leaders focus on Ukraine war, China in Italian summit
With the Middle East, migration and artificial intelligence (AI) also on a packed agenda, the June 13-15 summit in southern Italy would be taxing for leaders at the best of times, but most of them are also bowed down by their own domestic woes. Read more
Russia holds tactical nuclear weapon drills with Belarus
Russia says the United States and its European allies are pushing the world to the brink of nuclear confrontation by giving Ukraine billions of dollars worth of weapons, some of which are being used against Russian territory. Read more
U.S. expands Russia sanctions, targets chips sent via China
Among the steps, the U.S. Treasury said it was raising “the risk of secondary sanctions for foreign financial institutions that deal with Russia’s war economy,” effectively threatening them with losing access to the U.S. financial system. Read more
Russian barrage leaves Kyiv residents without power and water
Such disruptions are becoming increasingly common for the city’s population of about three million people, after Russia began pummelling the country’s energy system in late March, cutting out half of its generating capacity. Read more
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Russian missile strike kills 9, injures 29 in Ukraine
The deadliest attack in weeks damaged an administrative building and an apartment block, Ukraine’s military command said on the Telegram messaging app. Read more
Ukraine: Latest-generation Russian fighter jet hit for 1st time
In a Telegram post, the GUR did not specify how the Su-57 was hit or by which unit of the Ukrainian military. Read more
Putin: Russia may deploy missiles near Western targets
Putin said the West was wrong to assume Russia would never use nuclear weapons. Read more
Zelensky meets heads of state in Singapore
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told the Shangri-La Dialogue on Sunday that diplomacy - in the form of a peace summit later this month — was the best way to end a “cruel war” that has killed thousands in his country since 2022. Read more
Russian missiles hit Ukraine’s energy system, again
Authorities said Ukraine had lost about eight gigawatts of capacity since March — about half of its generating capacity at the start of the year. Read more
U.S., allies ‘gravely concerned’ by N. Korea-Russia cooperation
The U.S. secretary of state and foreign ministers from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea and Britain, as well the EU High Representative, issued a joint statement. Read more
Biden allows Ukraine to use U.S. weapons to strike inside Russia
Biden’s decision appears to mark the first time that an American president has allowed limited military responses on artillery, missile bases and command centers inside the borders of a nuclear-armed adversary. Read more
Putin wants Ukraine ceasefire on current frontlines, sources say
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on X that the Russian leader was trying to derail a Ukrainian-initiated peace summit in Switzerland next month. Read more
Officials: U.S. preparing $275M weapons package for Ukraine
Moscow’s forces have hammered the northeastern city of Kharkiv for months and launched a ground assault into the north of the surrounding region on May 10, an offensive that Kyiv says has stalled on two lines of attack for now. Read more
Russian strikes on Ukraine’s Kharkiv region kill at least 11
The missile strikes were the latest in what have been constant Russian attacks in recent weeks on the Kharkiv region of northeastern Ukraine, where Russian troops have launched an offensive. Read more
As Russians poured over Ukraine’s border, there was little to stop them
As of today, nearly 10,000 residents of the Kharkiv region had fled the fighting, and residents reported that whole villages had been wiped out. Read more
Blinken announces $2B more in military aid to Ukraine
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the U.S. is accelerating arms supplies to Ukraine as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s military confronts a Russian assault on the nation’s northeast. Read more
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