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
NATO member Romania reported a possible violation of its airspace during an overnight Russian attack in neighboring Ukraine, saying it had not found debris on Romanian territory but would continue the search on Saturday. The Romanian Army’s radar system detected “a possible unauthorized” breach of the country’s airspace after registering “groups of drones heading toward … Read more
Updated September 29, 2023 at 8:04 a.m. EDT|Published September 29, 2023 at 4:17 a.m. EDT A Ukrainian soldier in a tank in the eastern Donetsk region on Sept. 28. (Reuters) Ukraine hit an electrical substation with a drone in Russia’s Kursk region in a “successful attack” near the border, an official with the SBU security … Read more
September 28, 2023 at 2:07 a.m. EDT Firefighters clear rubble after a Russian rocket attack in Kostiantynivka, in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, Wednesday. (Kostiantynivka/AP) Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized Wednesday after Parliament honored a Nazi veteran during an event with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky last week. “This was a mistake that has deeply embarrassed Parliament … Read more
September 27, 2023 at 3:20 a.m. EDT Adm. Viktor Sokolov, the commander of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, center, is seen in May at a ceremony in Sevastopol, Crimea, marking the fleet’s 240th anniversary. (Alexey Pavlishak/Reuters) Russia’s Defense Ministry released footage on Tuesday purporting to show that the commander of its Black Sea Fleet is still … Read more
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed that the first batch of U.S.-made M1 Abrams tanks is “already in Ukraine.” The tanks will “reinforce our actions against the occupiers. And it will be a significant reinforcement,” he said Monday in his nightly address. President Biden in January committed to sending 31 of the advanced battle tanks. U.S. … Read more
Russian forces launched an aerial attack on the Black Sea port of Odessa early Monday, Ukraine’s air force and local officials said. Granaries were destroyed, and the city’s port was “significantly damaged” in the drone and missile attack, according to Ukraine’s southern command. At least one person was injured as the blasts shattered glass in … Read more
Ukraine on Saturday waged another attack on Sevastopol on the occupied Crimean Peninsula, according to a Kremlin-installed official, one day after a Ukrainian strike on the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet. Russian air defenses intercepted missiles headed toward the city, the largest on the peninsula, governor Mikhail Razvozhayev wrote on Telegram. The same day, … Read more
Updated September 23, 2023 at 3:04 p.m. EDT|Published September 23, 2023 at 2:20 a.m. EDT Russian Navy members patrol the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol, Crimea, last year. (AFP/Getty Images) Ukrainian armored vehicles have pushed through Russian lines of defense near the southern village of Verbove, a local commander told The Washington … Read more
Up to date September 22, 2023 at 4:29 p.m. EDT|Printed September 22, 2023 at 2:14 a.m. EDT Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau greets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his spouse, Olena Zelenska, at Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier Worldwide Airport on Thursday. (Justin Tang/Canadian Press/AP) After a whirlwind Thursday in Washington, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is in Canada, … Read more