Volodymyr Zelensky has urged the US to speed up weapons deliveries, warning that advancing Russian forces are trying to take advantage of Ukraine’s shortfall.]]>
The $61bn (£49bn) aid package keeps Ukraine in the fight but it's no silver bullet, BBC's James Waterhouse writes from Kyiv.
UKRAINE IN ‘TACTICAL RETREAT’: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is constantly walking a fine line, making sure not to sound ungrateful even as he points out that the United States, its most important military benefactor, severely undercut its war effort for six months, resulting in the loss of territory and thousands of lives. “In half a […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson and the United States House of Representatives last Saturday finally put aside partisan gamesmanship and did what they needed to do — vote and approve funding for Ukraine
ZELENSKY’S BITTERSWEET VICTORY: House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is getting plenty of kudos for putting his job on the line by relenting and allowing a vote on a Ukraine aid bill that would have easily passed in Congress six months ago — and saved untold Ukrainian lives. “I am so proud of the speaker,” Rep. […]
Ukraine's recent lack of air defence systems has been blamed for Russian forces capturing hundreds more square kilometres of Ukrainian territory. So what difference will the aid make? We speak a defence analyst and get reaction from the capital, Kyiv.Also on the programme: Newshour’s James Coomarasamy asks if India can stick to its ambitious plans to tackle climate change and develop renewable energy sources; and we ask if the government of Sierra Leone is serious about tackling the drug, called...
A huge $61bn support package that could help reshape Kyiv's war effort will go to a vote in coming days.
The aid is a necessary but not a sufficient condition for Ukraine’s victory. What is needed as well is a change of strategy on the part of the Biden administration.
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US President Joe Biden says Ukraine will receive more arms and equipment within the week after the US Senate approved a $60bn aid package. But what difference will this make to the people there? Also on the programme: we hear the conflicting claims about the mass graves found in Gaza; and the ‘lost’ painting of Austrian artist Gustav Klimt that has been sold at auction in Vienna.(Photo: US President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the National Security Supplemental. Credit:...
The United States and Russia are set to face off over nuclear weapons in space on Wednesday at the United Nations Security Council, which is due to vote on a U.S.-drafted resolution calling on countries to prevent an arms race in outer space. Russia is expected to block the draft resolution, said some diplomats. The U.S. move comes after it accused Moscow of developing an anti-satellite nuclear weapon to put in space, an allegation that Russia's defense minister has flatly denied.
Pro-Kremlin media and Russian officials claim America is "getting dragged into" a war it will lose.