National security adviser Jake Sullivan met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Wednesday to reaffirm U.S. support for the beleaguered country as congressional aid efforts have repeatedly floundered. During the meeting, Sullivan "stressed the urgent need for the U.S. House of Representatives to pass the national security supplemental to meet Ukraine’s critical battlefield needs," National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson said in a statement. Sullivan acknowledged...
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will on Monday set out his plan for a "national endeavor" to strengthen the UK's defense and civil nuclear industry with an investment package running through to 2030.The prime minister's office released a statement on Sunday noting its intention to "strengthen the UK's nuclear deterrent" as NATO states re-evaluate many aspects of defense readiness in what Sunak called "a more dangerous and contested world."Downing Street said its plan will see some $252...
Military assistance to Ukraine from the West in fact turned out to be nothing more than industrial support for the American military-industrial complex. While the next support package for Kiev is in an uncertain state between the chambers of the US Congress, Joe Biden assures that the bulk of the allocated taxpayer funds will actually […]
Michael RaineyMarch 15, 2024At an early St. Patrick’s Day event with the Irish prime minister and officials including House Speaker Mike
As the nearly $100 billion Senate-passed national security supplemental continues to stall in the House of Representatives, lawmakers are looking for alternatives. One idea that has been circulating Capitol Hill this week: formatting the next tranche of funding as a waivable loan instead of a grant in an effort to convince skeptical Republican members. But so far, the plan seems to have caused confusion among supporters of further to Kyiv, and has seemingly not meaningfully moved its opponents...
Russia unleashed one of its most devastating attacks on Ukraine's electric sector on Friday in retaliation for recent strikes inside Russia.
Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D) Michigan joins The Lead.
In this op-ed, Kateryna Bondar argues coproduction in NATO countries could help Ukraine receive the defense materiel it needs while providing benefits to the host countries.
The Finnish president, who took office two weeks ago, held phone talks with Jens Stoltenberg and António Guterres.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was set to receive French President Emmanuel Macron in Berlin on Friday after tensions between the leaders blew out into the open over differences on how to support Ukraine.
Francesca Chambers, White House Correspondent for USA Today, talks about the news from Washington including the United State's shifting policy on a ceasefire for Israel and Palestine, updates about aid to Ukraine, and more.
Twenty-five years ago, NATO launched an air campaign to stop ethnic