Category: Russia-Ukraine War

Kyiv Says Forces Are Holding on in ‘Hellish’ Bakhmut Battle

KYIV—Kyiv said on Monday its troops were still holding out in a “hellish” fight for Bakhmut, while Washington said that even if the eastern Ukrainian city should fall to a Russian offensive, it would not necessarily give Moscow momentum in the war. In the latest sign of a feud between Russia’s military and the Wagner…


China Says It Will Not Deliver Weapons to Russia: German Chancellor

The Chinese regime has declared that it will not supply Russia with weapons to aid in its invasion of Ukraine, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on March 5. Scholz made the comments at a press conference at the German government retreat in Meseberg, north of Berlin on Sunday, where he was joined by European Commission President Ursula von…


Trump Warns Should Never Draw Russia and China Closer

Due to the failed leadership of the Biden administration, China and Russia are becoming close, and the risk of nuclear war is increasing. This was the key takeaway from former President Donald Trump’s CPAC speech on Saturday. Trump said that while he was in office, an important national security goal was to “never allow Russia…


Trump Says Biden Should Have Never Allowed Russia and China to Draw Close

Due to the failed leadership of the Biden administration, China and Russia are becoming close, and the risk of nuclear war is increasing. This was the key takeaway from former President Donald Trump’s CPAC speech on Saturday. Trump said that while he was in office, an important national security goal was to “never allow Russia…


Trump Says Biden Should Have Never Allowed Russia, China to Draw Close

Former President Donald Trump says that China and Russia are growing closer, and the risk of nuclear war is increasing as a result of the failed leadership of the Biden administration, he told an audience at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference on March 4. Trump said during a nearly two-hour speech in National Harbor, Maryland, that…


Russia Close to Encircling Ukraine’s Bakhmut After Months of Fighting

CHASIV YAR, Ukraine—Russian artillery pounded the last routes out of Bakhmut on Friday, aiming to complete the encirclement of the besieged Ukrainian city and bring Moscow closer to its first major victory in half a year. The head of Russia’s Wagner private army said the city was almost completely surrounded with only one road still…


US Announces New $400 Million Ukraine Security Aid Package

Amid rising tensions as Kyiv allegedly prepares an assault on Crimea and struggles to hold Bakhmut, the United States will transfer military equipment worth up to $400 million to Ukraine to aid its defense against the Russian invasion, including high-mobility rocket systems, mortars, and anti-vehicle rounds, the Department of Defense announced on March 3. “Pursuant…


Biden and Germany’s Scholz Vow to Support Ukraine ‘As Long as It Takes’

U.S. President Joe Biden is meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to discuss the war in Ukraine and the challenges posed by China’s communist regime. Scholz met Biden in the Oval Office for an extended one-on-one discussion about Russia’s attempted conquest in Ukraine, during which both leaders reaffirmed their commitment to supplying military and humanitarian…


Russian Mercenary Chief Says Ukraine’s Bakhmut Is Practically Surrounded

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of Russia’s Wagner mercenary force, said in a video published on Friday that the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut was “practically surrounded” by his forces and that Kyiv’s forces had only one road left out. Prigozhin’s men have spearheaded the assault in eastern Ukraine for months. Moscow regards Bakhmut, which it calls…


US, Norwegian Officials Concerned Russia Could Deploy Nuclear Weapons in Response to Ukrainian Counteroffensive

A U.S. State Department official and two Norwegian defense-focused politicians are concerned that Russian President Vladimir Putin might deploy a nuclear weapon in response to Ukraine’s planned spring counteroffensive, set to begin in weeks. The Ukrainian military plans to go on the offensive as soon as Western tanks and long-range rockets arrive, which could be…