Browsing: Russia-Ukraine war

A Republican group advocating for more U.S. assistance to Ukraine has started a new commercial to boost lawmakers' backing for a rare attempt to bring a vote on Ukraine aid to the House floor. Republicans for Ukraine announced Thursday it launched a $260,000 ad campaign to pressure House Republicans to sign a discharge petition for the Senate’s…

A friend of the deceased Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny claimed that Moscow was responsible for a violent assault at his residence in Lithuania that resulted in him being hospitalized. Leonid Volkov, a senior assistant to Navalny at his Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), shared a video on Telegram showing his injured arm in a cast.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signaled Wednesday that his country is prepared to use nuclear weapons to combat any threat to its sovereignty. Questioned by Russian state media on whether he would use Russia’s nuclear stockpile in its war with Ukraine, Putin said thus far there has been no need. He also explained that President Biden…

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Friday that a Senate-passed foreign aid package is the “only” path forward as Congress scrambles to break the months-long impasse over new military funding for Ukraine.  “The only way forward with respect to meeting the national security needs of the American people is for House Republicans to put…