A Ukrainian soldier is seen inside an artillery vehicle in his fighting position as Russia-Ukraine war continues in the direction of Kharkiv, Ukraine on November 20, 2023. Diego Herrera Carcedo | Anadolu | Getty Images At the start of 2023, hopes were high that a much-vaunted Ukrainian counteroffensive — expected to be launched in the … Read more
Picture Alliance | Getty Images LONDON — Fake TikTok accounts have spread disinformation on Russia’s war in Ukraine to millions of people, new data from the Chinese social media giant shows. Posts on the video-sharing site targeted Ukrainian and Russian users, as well as many across Europe, with content designed to “artificially amplify pro-Russian narratives” … Read more
October 12, 2023 at 3:20 a.m. EDT Russian President Vladimir Putin is greeted by Kyrgyz Prime Minister Akylbek Japarov early Thursday at the airport in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan. (Ergesh Zhusubaliev/AFP/Getty Images) In his first known international trip this year, Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived on Thursday in Kyrgyzstan, where he will meet with … Read more
Updated October 11, 2023 at 2:23 p.m. EDT|Published October 11, 2023 at 2:29 a.m. EDT NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the alliance’s headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday. (Olivier Matthys/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock) BRUSSELS — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made a surprise visit to NATO headquarters Wednesday to attend a meeting of the … Read more
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described the Russian attack on the Ukrainian village of Hroza that killed 51 people as proof that Russia was “absolute evil.” He said Russian forces “couldn’t have been unaware of where they were striking.” The attack, which struck a grocery store and a cafe, was one of the war’s deadliest missile … Read more
Updated October 5, 2023 at 5:37 a.m. EDT|Published October 5, 2023 at 2:27 a.m. EDT Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky attends a bilateral meeting with President Biden in the Oval Office on Sept. 21. (Tom Brenner for The Washington Post) President Biden said he “does worry” that the disarray in Congress following the ouster of House … Read more
Updated October 4, 2023 at 9:07 a.m. EDT|Published October 4, 2023 at 4:27 a.m. EDT Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks to members of Congress inside the Old Senate Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in September. (Tom Brenner) The ouster of Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) from his role as House speaker on Tuesday has propelled the … Read more
Foreign ministers of several European Union nations gathered in Kyiv in a meeting that the bloc’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, lauded as “historic.” The event culminated in Borrell’s proposing up to 5 billion euros, or about $5.2 billion, in additional aid to Ukraine. It was a stark contrast from recent developments in Washington, where … Read more
Updated October 2, 2023 at 5:32 a.m. EDT|Published October 2, 2023 at 1:58 a.m. EDT Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, center, attends a ceremony in Kyiv on Sunday to honor the memory of Ukrainian soldiers. (Presidential Press Service/Handout/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky promised to continue fighting the Russian invasion “for as long as it takes” after … Read more
October 1, 2023 at 2:30 a.m. EDT Cars drive past the U.S. Capitol during a vote on a resolution to fund the government on Sept. 30. The Senate passed a short-term, bipartisan funding bill stripped of proposed aid to Ukraine. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Proposed aid to Ukraine did not make it into a U.S. government … Read more