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Biden administration to announce its final $1.2 billion Ukraine aid package under USAI, Reuters reports

The Biden administration is planning to announce in the coming days its final aid package under the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) worth around $1.2 billion, Reuters reported on Dec. 20, citing unnamed sources. The U.S. provided more than $60 billion in military aid to Ukraine under the Biden administration. The USAI is a Pentagon-led […]

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December 20, 2024

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Democratic senators urge investigation into Musk's calls with Russia, Reuters reports

Two senior Democratic senators are calling for the Pentagon and law enforcement agencies to investigate reports of Elon Musk’s communications with Russian officials, including President Vladimir Putin. Jeanne Shaheen, a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Jack Reed, chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, expressed national security concerns in a letter […]

Ukraine

November 15, 2024

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Estonia urges NATO allies to boost defense spending to counter Russian threat, Reuters reports

Estonia plans to propose that members of the U.K.-led Joint Expeditionary Force, a coalition of northern European NATO countries, commit at least 2.5% of GDP to defense spending in response to the ongoing threat from Russia, Prime Minister Kristen Michal said on Dec. 16. Currently, only 23 of NATO's 32 members are on track to […]

Ukraine

December 16, 2024

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EU fails to approve 15th sanctions package against Russia, Reuters reports

The European Union has failed to approve its 15th sanctions package on Russia, which included an extension for Czechia to import Russian oil products through Slovakia, Reuters reported on Dec. 6, citing unnamed diplomatic sources. The EU banned most oil imports from Russia following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. However, Czechia, Slovakia, and […]

Ukraine

December 6, 2024

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Gazprom plans for end of gas transit via Ukraine after 2024, Reuters reports

Gazprom, Russia’s state-controlled gas company, is planning for a scenario in which no natural gas will flow to Europe through Ukraine after Dec. 31, 2024, a source familiar with the plans told Reuters. Kyiv has indicated it will not extend the transit deal, ending over 50 years of gas flows from Siberia to central Europe […]

Ukraine

November 26, 2024

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Marco Rubio likely to be Trump’s secretary of state, Reuters reports

President-elect Donald Trump will likely appoint Marco Rubio as U.S. secretary of state, Reuters reported on Nov. 12. citing unnamed sources. Rubio was among the 15 Republican lawmakers in the Senate who voted against the $95 billion military aid package for Ukraine, eventually passed in 2024 April. Shortly after Trump’s election victory, Rubio said on […]

Ukraine

November 12, 2024

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Moldova says Russia intends to disrupt expatriate voting in Nov. 3 runoff, Reuters reports

Moldova has informed several EU countries that it suspects Russia will attempt to disrupt voting by Moldovan expatriates at overseas polling stations during the Nov. 3 presidential election runoff, according to a Moldovan government source. Pro-Western incumbent Maia Sandu faces former prosecutor general Alexandr Stoianoglo, who has support from the traditionally pro-Russian Socialist Party, in […]

Ukraine

November 2, 2024

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NATO takes lead in coordinating Western military aid to Ukraine, Reuters reports

NATO has assumed responsibility for coordinating Western military aid to Ukraine through the NATO Security Assistance and Training for Ukraine (NSATU) center, Reuters reported on Dec. 17, citing its sources. The center, located at a U.S. military base in Wiesbaden, Germany, is now "fully operational." Established following the Alliance’s July 2024 summit in Washington, the […]

Ukraine

December 17, 2024

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NATO unlikely to issue membership invite to Ukraine at upcoming meeting, Reuters reports

NATO countries will likely sidestep Ukraine's call to provide the embattled country with an invitation into the military alliance during the upcoming NATO Foreign Ministerial Meeting on Dec. 3-4, Reuters reported, citing multiple diplomats. "It will take weeks and months to get consensus," an unnamed senior NATO diplomat told Reuters on the condition of anonymity. […]

Ukraine

December 2, 2024

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North Korea expands plant producing missiles used by Russia against Ukraine, Reuters reports

North Korea is expanding a key weapons production complex that assembles KN-23 short-range ballistic missiles used by Russia against Ukraine, Reuters reported on Nov.25, citing researchers at the U.S.-based James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) and satellite images. Moscow launched around 60 North Korean KN-23 missiles in 2024, CNN reported last week, citing an […]

Ukraine

November 25, 2024

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Putin open to discussing Ukraine ceasefire with Trump, Reuters reports

Russian President Vladimir Putin is willing to discuss a ceasefire in Ukraine with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump but rejects major territorial concessions and insists that Ukraine abandon plans to join NATO, Reuters reported on Nov. 20. For the first time, five current and former Russian officials outlined to Reuters the Kremlin’s potential terms for a […]

Ukraine

November 20, 2024

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Recent Russian attacks hit 3 of Ukrainian energy giant DTEK's 5 operational thermal power plants, Reuters reports

Russia’s missile strikes on Nov. 16-17 hit three of the five operational thermal power plants owned by Ukraine’s largest private energy company, DTEK, leaving one plant offline, Reuters reported on Nov. 21, citing unnamed sources. The strikes targeted energy facilities across Ukraine in one of the heaviest assaults on the country’s power grid since the […]

Ukraine

November 21, 2024

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