Tag: Ukraine

LIVE UPDATES: Ukraine Says Russian Advances Could Force Retreat in Part of East

The latest on the Russia–Ukraine crisis, May 28. Click here for updates from May 27. Ukraine Says Russian Advances Could Force Retreat in Part of East Ukrainian forces may have to retreat from their last pocket in the Luhansk region to avoid being captured, a Ukrainian official said, as Russian troops press an advance in…


LIVE UPDATES: Russia Forces Blast Ukraine’s Sievierodonetsk After Claiming Capture of Railway Junction Town

The latest on the Russia–Ukraine crisis, May 28. Click here for updates from May 27. Russia Forces Blast Ukraine’s Sievierodonetsk After Claiming Capture of Railway Junction Town Russian forces were assaulting the Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk on Saturday after saying they had captured the nearby rail hub of Lyman as Moscow pressed its offensive in…


LIVE UPDATES: Russian Forces Blast Ukraine’s Sievierodonetsk After Claiming Capture of Railway Junction Town

The latest on the Russia–Ukraine crisis, May 28. Click here for updates from May 27. Russian Forces Blast Ukraine’s Sievierodonetsk After Claiming Capture of Railway Junction Town Russian forces were assaulting the Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk on Saturday after saying they had captured the nearby rail hub of Lyman as Moscow pressed its offensive in…


LIVE UPDATES: US Buys More Stingers After Missiles’ Success in Ukraine

The latest on the Russia–Ukraine crisis, May 28. Click here for updates from May 27. US Buys More Stingers After Missiles’ Success in Ukraine The U.S. Army said on Friday it has awarded a contract worth $625 million to Raytheon Technologies Corp for anti-aircraft Stinger missiles in order to replenish stocks sent to Ukraine. U.S….


LIVE UPDATES: Ukraine’s Former President Blocked From Leaving the Country

The latest on the Russia–Ukraine crisis, May 28. Click here for updates from May 27. Ukraine’s Former President Blocked From Leaving the Country Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko was prevented from leaving Ukraine to take part in a meeting of a NATO body in Lithuania, his party’s parliamentary faction said on Saturday. Poroshenko was stopped…


Canada Raids Emergency Stockpile to Send Medical Equipment to Ukraine

Canada has tapped into its own strategic stockpile of emergency medical supplies—stored for a national emergency—to help Ukraine. It has donated over 375,000 items of medical equipment and medicines from Canada’s strategic stockpile since the invasion by Russia began. This includes first aid and trauma kits, medicines and surgical instruments, as well as gloves, masks…


Top US General Floats ‘Military Options’ to Help Export Grain from Ukraine

A top general has suggested the United States may pursue military options to help Ukraine export its grain and help end Russia’s blockade of Ukraine’s Black Sea coast. Gen. Christopher Cavoli, who has been nominated to be the next commander of NATO, told senators at a hearing on Thursday that he might offer military options…


The Russo-Ukrainian War: A New Opportunity for Demagogues to Destroy Freedoms at Home

Commentary  Politicians thoroughly enjoy times of war. Periods of bellicosity are when the most power-hungry members of the political class indulge in their most depraved political fantasies. The Russo-Ukrainian War has been no exception to this trend. Since World War II, Western politicians have taken advantage of the largest conventional military conflict on European soil…


LIVE UPDATES: Mayor: Some 1,500 Killed in Sievierodonetsk

The latest on the Russia–Ukraine crisis, May 27. Click here for updates from May 26. Mayor: Some 1,500 Killed in Sievierodonetsk The Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk is the center of fierce fighting in the east. Mayor Oleksandr Stryuk says it’s holding out even though a Russian reconnaissance and sabotage group went into a city hotel….


LIVE UPDATES: Russian Proxies Claim Control of Key Town in East Ukraine

The latest on the Russia–Ukraine crisis, May 27. Click here for updates from May 26. Russian Proxies Claim Control of Key Town in East Ukraine Russia’s separatist proxies in eastern Ukraine claimed full control of the important battlefield town of Lyman on Friday, and Ukraine appeared to concede it, as Moscow presses its biggest advance…