Tag: Ukraine

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Ukraine With a Whimper or a Bang?

Commentary Russia started the war with Ukraine in late February with a shock-and-awe effort to grab Kyiv. It failed both to decapitate the government and absorb half the country in one fell swoop. Soon the conflict descended into a war of attrition in Eastern Ukraine over the occupied majority Russian-speaking borderlands. That deadlock was eventually…


US Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Declare Russia a ‘State Sponsor of Terrorism’

Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Wednesday introduced a bi-partisan bill that would designate the Russian government as a “state sponsor of terrorism.” It comes the same day that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described Russia as a “terrorist state” after Russian forces fired a missile on the Karachunivske reservoir, which broke and flooded…


China-Russia Alliance Has ‘Nothing Good in Store for Democracies’: Expert

China and Russia are aligning against the United States and its allies regardless of the absence of an official treaty between Beijing and Moscow, according to one expert. “This may be a marriage of convenience, but sometimes that’ll be enough to cause the civilized world a lot of trouble,” said Grant Newsham, a senior fellow…


Ukraine Pushes to Retake All Territory From Russia, Calls for Even More Western Arms

Ukraine’s government on Tuesday said it aims to take back all of its territories after pushing back Russian forces in the northeastern portion of the country in a rapid offensive. In a video address late on Monday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on the West and United States to again provide weapons systems. The United…


Russia Claims China Supports Invasion of Ukraine Ahead of Xi-Putin Meeting

The Russian leadership is touting its support from Beijing this week, as leaders from the two nations prepare to meet in person for the first time since February. The Russian Parliament said that the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) third-in-command, Li Zhanshu, explicitly approved of the war in Ukraine and assured Russia of Chinese support for…


Ukraine Accuses Russia Attacking Power Grid, Causing Blackouts

KYIV/KHARKIV, Ukraine—Ukraine accused Russian forces of attacking civilian infrastructure in response to a weekend offensive by Ukrainian troops. Ukrainian officials said the targets of the retaliatory attacks included water facilities and a thermal power station in Kharkiv, and that they caused widespread blackouts. “No military facilities, the goal is to deprive people of light &…


Ukraine Accuses Russia of Attacking Power Grid, Causing Blackouts

KYIV/KHARKIV, Ukraine—Ukraine accused Russian forces of attacking civilian infrastructure in response to a weekend offensive by Ukrainian troops. Ukrainian officials said the targets of the retaliatory attacks included water facilities and a thermal power station in Kharkiv, and that they caused widespread blackouts. “No military facilities, the goal is to deprive people of light &…


Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Shuts Down Operations

KYIV, Ukraine—Europe’s largest nuclear plant has been reconnected to Ukraine’s electricity grid, allowing engineers to shut down its last operational reactor in an attempt to avoid a radiation disaster amid the fighting in the area. The six-reactor Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant lost its outside source of power a week ago after all its power lines…


Russia Announces Troop Pullback From Ukraine’s Kharkiv Area

KYIV, Ukraine—Russia’s Defense Ministry announced Saturday that it was pulling back troops from two areas in Ukraine’s eastern Kharkiv region. The news came after days of apparent advances by Ukraine south of Kharkiv, the country’s second-largest city. Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said troops would be regrouped from the Balakliya and Izyum areas to…