Get the latest developments in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war as allies in the West respond to the international conflict.
Sullivan made his remarks when questioned about a New York Times article last month that said some unidentified Western officials had suggested U.S. President Joe Biden could give Ukraine the arms before he leaves office. Read more
Kyiv wants NATO members to issue an invitation at an alliance meeting in Brussels this week as the invasion grinds toward its three-year mark and Russia makes battlefield gains. Read more
Kim pledged to expand ties with Russia in all areas including military affairs under the strategic partnership he signed with Russian President Vladimir Putin in June. Read more
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he believed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s main objectives were to occupy the entire Donbas and oust Ukrainian troops from the Kursk region. Read more
Kyiv said Russia used an intercontinental ballistic missile, a weapon designed for long-distance nuclear strikes and never before used in war. Read more
The decision is the latest in a series of moves by Russia and the United States related to the war in Ukraine that have escalated tensions between the two. Read more
Russia said its forces shot down five out of six missiles, which were fired at a military facility in the Bryansk region. Debris of one hit the facility, starting a fire that was swiftly put out and caused no casualties or damage, it said. Read more
Putin approved the change days after two U.S. officials and a source familiar with the decision said on Sunday that President Joe Biden’s administration allowed Ukraine to use U.S.-made weapons to strike deep into Russia. Read more
State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller in a briefing declined to confirm that the outgoing administration of President Joe Biden had decided to allow the strikes, but reiterated that the U.S. “will always adapt and adjust the capabilities we provide to Ukraine when it’s appropriate to do so.” Read more
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With two months left in his administration, President Joe Biden finally relented after months of pleas from Ukraine that it needed to fire at targets deeper inside Russia to more effectively degrade Moscow’s forces. Read more
Ukrainians had been bracing for weeks for a renewed Russian attack on an already hobbled energy system, fearing long winter blackouts and mounting psychological pressure almost 1,000 days after Russia launched its full-scale invasion. Read more
Ukraine plans to conduct its first long-range attacks in the coming days, the sources said, without revealing details due to operational security concerns. Read more
The accord, signed by Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in June after a summit in Pyongyang, calls on each side to come to the other’s aid in case of an armed attack. Read more
Trump has been critical of Biden’s assistance for Ukraine, fueling concern about the future of support for President Volodomyr Zelenskiy’s government under a Republican-controlled White House, Senate and possibly the House of Representatives. Read more
Trump has criticized the level of U.S. support for Ukraine’s war effort and promised to end the conflict before he takes office in January, without explaining how. Read more
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said after talks with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday that the North Korean moves were sending the war into a new phase. Read more
“Ambassadors from NATO’s Indo-Pacific partners – including Australia, Japan, New Zealand and the Republic of Korea — have been invited to attend,” the military alliance added. The North Atlantic Council is NATO’s main decision-making body. Read more
Putin did not deny that North Korean troops were currently in Russia. Read more
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, speaking in Rome, said it would be “very, very serious” if the North Koreans were preparing to fight alongside Russia in Ukraine, as Kyiv has alleged. Read more
South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) also said it had been working with the Ukrainian intelligence service and had used facial recognition artificial intelligence technology to identify North Korean officers in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region supporting Russian forces firing North Korean missiles. Read more
Russia launched afull-scale invasion of its neighbor in 2022. Read more
