MOSCOW—The Kremlin said on Wednesday it had not yet seen any cases of price caps on Russian oil imposed by the West last month, in comments about possible losses from such measures. Some analysts have previously said that the caps will have little immediate impact on the oil revenues that Moscow is currently earning. Currently,…
Kremlin Says It Hasn’t Seen Cases of Oil Price Caps
US Says Iran May Be ‘Contributing’ to War Crimes in Ukraine
MEXICO CITY—The Biden administration said Monday that Iran’s sale of lethal drones to Russia for use in its ongoing invasion of Ukraine means the country may be “contributing to widespread war crimes.” National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan leveled the charge against Iran on Monday as he spoke to reporters accompanying President Joe Biden on a…
Capitol Report: Biden Faces Backlash After Border Trip; January 6th Committee Social Security Number Leaks Puts Governor at Risk
President Joe Biden is facing backlash over his first trip to the border. What did he see and what did he not see on the tightly controlled visit? Elon Musk confirms a new autopilot update for Teslas. It has sparked concern from the federal government’s auto safety agency, as it investigates Tesla’s self-driving system. The…
Russia Dismisses NATO Delivery of Armored Vehicles to Ukraine
The Russians dismissed the news of Western armored vehicles to Ukraine as inconsequential to the course of the conflict. France, Germany, and the United States said last week that they would send light armored combat vehicles to Ukraine to fulfill their pledge to send more military support to Kyiv. Ukraine has been asking its Western…
Kyiv Fortifies Eastern Front Amid Claims of Russian Breakthroughs in Donetsk Region
Kyiv is reportedly rushing reinforcements to the eastern Donetsk region amid unconfirmed reports of Russian gains in and around the flashpoint towns of Bakhmut and Soledar. “Our troops in Soledar have been allocated additional forces,” Serhiy Cherevaty, a spokesman for the Ukrainian military’s Eastern Command, said on Jan. 9. “Everything is being done to improve…
Putin Praises Russian Orthodox Church for Backing Troops in Ukraine
President Vladimir Putin on Saturday praised the Russian Orthodox Church for supporting Moscow’s forces fighting in Ukraine in an Orthodox Christmas message designed to rally people behind his vision of modern Russia. The Kremlin issued Putin’s message after the Russian leader attended an Orthodox Christmas Eve service on his own inside a Kremlin cathedral rather…
London to Host International Meeting on Alleged War Crimes in Ukraine
LONDON—Justice ministers from around the world will gather in London to scale up the support being offered to the International Criminal Court in its investigations of alleged war crimes in Ukraine, the British government said on Saturday. The meeting in March, which will be hosted by UK Justice Secretary Dominic Raab and his Dutch counterpart…
US to Send $3.75 Billion in Military Aid to Ukraine, Its Neighbors
WASHINGTON—The United States will send $3.75 billion in military weapons and other aid to Ukraine and its neighbors on NATO’s eastern flank, the White House announced Friday, as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine grinds on. The latest tranche of assistance will include for the first time Bradley armored vehicles for Ukraine. The armored carrier is used…
Ukraine Continues Shelling Russians Despite Moscow’s Unilateral ‘Ceasefire’
A 36-hour unilateral ceasefire, announced a day earlier by Russian President Vladimir Putin, went into effect at noon (Moscow time) along the 680-mile frontline between Russian and Ukrainian forces. “At noon today, the ceasefire regime came into force on the entire contact line,” Russian state media reported at midday on Jan. 6. “It will continue…
Putin Orders 36-Hour Christmas Ceasefire, Ukraine Rejects It
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday called for a 36-hour ceasefire during the Orthodox Christmas, although Ukraine later rejected his call. In an order Thursday, Putin ordered a ceasefire from midday on Friday after a request from Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill of Moscow. “I instruct the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation to…
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