Tag: Ukraine

Invasion of Ukraine ‘Totally Avoidable’: Gen. Michael Flynn

The current Russian invasion of Ukraine could have been avoided, and it demonstrates a failure that the U.S. leadership couldn’t effectively communicate with its Russian counterpart, according to Gen. Michael Flynn, a retired Army lieutenant general who briefly served as the National Security Advisor to former President Donald Trump. “Russia, Ukraine, Europe … what’s happening?…


Ukrainian-owned Coffee Shop in Ohio Brewing Support for First Responders in Homeland

A Ukrainian-owned coffee shop in the west Cleveland suburb of Lakewood is brewing support in partnership with the Cleveland Maidan Association to provide medical supplies for first responders and its military back in the homeland. Caffeine Lakewood opened in 2019 and is owned by Anatolii Shtyrka and Roman Knysh. The cafe held its first Ukrainian…


US Plans Broad Release of Illegal Immigrants: DOC; ‘We Are Happy’: Ukrainians Refugees in US | NTD News Today

Ukraine is calling for more weapons and financial pressure on Russia, as NATO members meet to discuss the war. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says the U.S. will use sanctions against Beijing. That’s in the case of its invasion of Taiwan, or material support for Russia’s war in Ukraine. Former President Donald Trump aides, Peter Navarro…


US Senate Approves World War 2-Era Policy to Help Ukraine Fight Russia

The U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted to re-implement a lend-lease program that hasn’t been used since World War II to allow the United States to send weapons to Ukraine. The bill, known as the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act, was approved unanimously by the upper congressional chamber late on April 6 to give enhanced authority to…


Senate Votes to Revive World War II-Era Policy to Help Ukraine Fight Russia

The U.S. Senate voted on April 6 to revive a World War II-era assistance program that will be used to provide defensive weapons and other aid to Ukraine as it tries to defend itself from an invasion by Russia. The measure, known as the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act, was approved unanimously. It gives enhanced authority…


US Shale Gas, LNG Firms Meet With European Countries Over Supply Crisis

At least a dozen U.S. shale gas executives met on Wednesday with European energy officials to discuss expanding U.S. fuel supplies to Europe amid a scramble to replace Russian imports. The group met in Houston with foreign affairs and economic ministers and commercial buyers looking to reduce their imports of Russian oil, coal, and liquefied…


Kremlin Rejects New Ukraine Draft Peace Deal as ‘Unacceptable’

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday said Moscow rejects Ukraine’s latest draft peace proposal and claimed Western powers are trying to undermine negotiations between the two sides. After the “Ukrainian side presented its draft agreements to our negotiators,” Russian officials claimed it was a “clear departure from key provisions that were committed to at…


Tanks Shipped to Ukraine as Kyiv Pleads for ‘Weapons, Weapons, and Weapons’

Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba urged the West to provide more “weapons, weapons, and weapons” as Ukraine battles Russia’s invading forces, with NATO vowing to provide heavier arms and the Czech Republic becoming the first allied country to ship tanks to Kyiv. Kuleba issued the plea for more arms for his war-torn country in doorstep…


Tanks Shipped to Ukraine as Kyiv Pleads for ‘Weapons, Weapons, Weapons’

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba urged the West to provide more “weapons, weapons, and weapons” as Ukraine battles Russia’s invading forces, with NATO vowing to provide heavier arms and the Czech Republic becoming the first allied country to ship tanks to Kyiv. Kuleba issued the plea for more arms to his war-torn country in doorstep…


Russia Takes Steps to Punish Google Over YouTube Fakes

Russia’s communications watchdog said on Thursday it was taking punitive measures against Google, including a ban on advertising the platform and its information resources, for violating Russian law. Roskomnadzor accused Google’s YouTube video-sharing platform, which has shut out Russian state-funded media globally, of becoming “one of the key platforms spreading fakes (fake images) about the…