Category Ukraine

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy welcomes U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin before their meeting, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine November 20, 2023. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is sending a $175 million…

Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked a bill to provide aid to Ukraine and Israel over a lack of border provisions in the measure. Senators voted 49-51, failing to reach the 60-vote threshold that would allow the proposal to come up…

WASHINGTON ― Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked debate on additional U.S. support for Ukraine because President Joe Biden’s proposed emergency spending bill does not include major changes to U.S. immigration or asylum laws. The procedural vote in the upper chamber…

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn voted down the White House’s request to supply Ukraine,…

Senate Republicans blocked $66 billion in emergency Ukraine aid, heightening the risk US funding for the country’s war effort will run dry as a partisan stalemate over immigration policies persists in Washington. No Republicans supported the procedural motion to consider…

A former Ukrainian MP regarded by Kyiv as a traitor has been shot dead in a park in suburban Moscow, in an attack attributed to Ukraine’s SBU security service. Illia Kyva was a pro-Russian member of Ukraine’s parliament before Moscow’s…

MOBILE FIRE GROUP. PHOTO: UKRAINE’S AIR FORCE Air defence systems were responding in Khmelnytskyi Oblast on the night of 6-7 December. Source: Serhii Tiurin, First Deputy Head of Khmelnytskyi Oblast Military Administration, on Facebook Quote: “Residents of Khmelnytskyi District could…

US SECRETARY OF DEFENCE LLOYD AUSTIN MET WITH UKRAINE’S DEFENCE MINISTER RUSTEM UMIEROV. PHOTO: PENTAGON US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin has held bilateral discussions with Ukraine’s Defence Minister Rustem Umierov at the Pentagon. Source: the Pentagon Quote: “Before closed-door…

OKSANA MARKAROVA. STOCK PHOTO FROM WIKIPEDIA The fact that the Senate has not supported the decision to stop the debates concerning the bill about the international aid package does not rule out the possibility of re-voting in the near future.…

By Trevor Hunnicutt, Steve Holland and Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden pleaded with Republicans on Wednesday for a fresh infusion of military aid for Ukraine, warning that a victory for Russia over Ukraine would leave Moscow in position…