. The office of Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) office declined to comment.

Hungary has blocked €50bn ($55bn; £43bn) in EU aid for Ukraine - just hours after an agreement was reached on starting membership talks.

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine welcomed the breakthrough in Ukraine’s official opening of accession negotiations to join the bloc. Securing more financial aid will have to wait.

Washington or its allies are the probable culprits in the sabotage of the Russian gas pipelines, the president has claimed

The decision offers an important sign of support, as Ukraine’s progress in fighting off Russia has largely stalled and U.S. commitment to funding has wavered.

The Russian president blamed Washington for masterminding the 2014 coup in Kiev, which led to the current conflict

Ukraine’s capital came under another ballistic missile attack early Wednesday, resulting in more than 50 injuries and several damaged buildings, officials said.

A U.S. aid deal has stalled amid disagreements over immigration policies and growing Republican skepticism about providing Ukraine with more military help.

Biden, ahead of a meeting with Zelenskiy in the White House's Oval Office, told him: "We're gonna stay at your side."

Ukrainian and U.S. officials have also noted friction between Zelensky and his commander in chief, Gen. Valery Zaluzhny. 

The next war to upset the global equilibrium may be brewing in South America.

A senior US official has outlined a strategy for Ukraine as he urged lawmakers to sign off on more aid

The two nations are cooperating in fields ranging from infrastructure projects to education, the president has said

Congress has yet to approve billions in additional military and financial aid Kiev has requested

In an interview with FRANCE 24, former Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko (2014-2019) reacted to the US Senate withholding a major package of financial and military aid for Kyiv. Poroshenko warned that the coming days are among "the most important in Ukrainian history" and undoubtedly for the world. He called it "absolutely unacceptable" that Ukraine can be the "hostage" of other issues such as internal politics ahead of next year's US presidential elections.

Prosecutors alleged Mkrtchyan and his soldiers abducted the unnamed victim from the village of Mylove in the Kherson Oblast region in southern Ukraine in April 2022.

• Russian leader met UAE president before traveling to Riyadh
• Putin will discuss oil cooperation with Saudi Crown Prince

Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova suggested that the F-16 fighters provided to Kiev could fly from within the military bloc's borders

The trip is part of a series of diplomatic meetings by the Russian leader, and comes as Ukraine tries to shore up eroding Western support for its war effort.

‘We are out of money to support Ukraine in this fight,’ Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young said in a letter to congressional leaders