Ukraine

The United States has poured more than a hundred billion dollars into Ukraine's effort to repel Russia's invasion, spending far more than any other nation. But as President Volodymyr Zelensky comes to Washington to ask for more, there is growing Republican scepticism about funding the war effort.

Poland said Wednesday it will no longer arm Ukraine and instead focus on its own defense, as the two allies clashed at a key moment in Kyiv's fightback against invasion by Russia.

US President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky take centre-stage at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday to address world leaders on the war in Ukraine that has divided the global body. Biden has urged world leaders to stand with Kyiv against Russian aggression, while also touching on Washington's tense relationship with China.

The high-precision overnight attack also targeted depots with UK-made Storm Shadow missiles, the Defense Ministry has said

Businesses from ‘unfriendly’ countries have amassed more than $18bn in earnings since the start of the invasion of Ukraine

Many emerging economies remain reluctant to take sides in the war

Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, bowing to pressure from his party's hard right, gave the go-ahead on Tuesday for an impeachment investigation into US President Joe Biden. 

The Brazilian leader says the Russian president will not be detained under his watch

The billionaire was reportedly told that a Ukrainian attack on Crimea could trigger a nuclear response from Moscow

Elon Musk says he refused to give Kyiv access to his Starlink communications network over Crimea to avoid complicity in a "major act of war".

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights says more than 26,000 civilians have been killed or wounded in war

Russian strike kills 17 in east Ukraine market

Since its invasion of Ukraine, Russia has been attacking Ukraine’s economy by taking aim at its crucial ports on the Black Sea. WSJ’s Shelby Holliday explains how Moscow’s strategy has worked, and what the West is doing to try and counter its blockade.

U.S. Secretary of State expected to announce more than $1 billion in new aid

A rare video aired on Ukrainian television on Sunday allegedly showing a Russian pilot who had defected and encouraging other Russian soldiers to do the same. His dramatic escape allegedly took six months to plan, and was carried out in cooperation with Ukraine’s intelligence services. Whether the video is authentic remains unclear, but one thing is certain: Ukraine is doing everything it can to fuel Russian defections. 

 

 

The vote follows the submission of Aleksey Reznikov’s letter of resignation, which he tendered at the president’s request

The Russian president said the West needs to facilitate Moscow’s own agricultural exports before he will join a pact that guaranteed security for Kyiv’s Black Sea exports.

 

Moscow will return to the Black Sea initiative only after the West lifts restrictions on Russian agricultural exports, the president has said

The fate of the defense minister, Oleksii Reznikov, had been the subject of increasing speculation in Ukraine. It was the biggest shake-up in Ukraine’s government since Russia’s full-scale invasion.