China issued a warning to the United States after President Joe Biden authorized long-range targeting inside Russia with ATACMS rockets capable of hitting positions up to 190 miles away. Liu Pengyu, spokesperson for the Chinese embassy in the U.S., told Newsweek: “Realizing an early ceasefire and striving for political settlement serves the interests of all […]
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged its allies to stop “watching” and take steps before North Koreans troops deployed in Russia reach the battlefield. Zelenskyy raised the prospect of a preemptive Ukrainian strike on camps where the North Korean troops are being trained, and said Kyiv knows their location. But he said Ukraine can’t do it […]
The United States said for the first time on Wednesday that it had seen evidence of North Korean troops in Russia, and South Korean lawmakers said about 3,000 soldiers had been sent to support the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine with more to follow.U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, speaking in Rome, said it would be “very, […]
The winner of November’s presidential election will dictate what happens in Kyiv’s fight against Vladimir Putin, and polling conducted exclusively for Newsweek has found Donald Trump supporters are more likely to oppose further U.S. aid to Ukraine than likely Kamala Harris voters. Since the start of Putin’s full-scale invasion, the U.S. has been the biggest […]
A suspected Ukrainian drone attack at an ammunition depot in Russia’s Tver region has been described on social media as possibly the biggest event of the war started by Vladimir Putin. Unverified images on social media show a huge ball of flame following the strike on the Main Missile and Artillery Directorate (GRAU) arsenal in […]
Volodymyr Zelensky accused the West of emboldening Vladimir Putin as the United States put off a decision to arm Ukraine with long-range missiles amid escalating tensions. The Ukrainian president questioned Britain and America’s commitment to supporting Ukraine’s defence against Russia, expressing frustration at the time it was taking for them to authorise the use of […]
Ukraine is reportedly closing in on receiving permission from the U.S. and the U.K. to strike territory deep inside Russia with supplied long-range weaponry. The reports come as Secretary of State Antony Blinken and British Foreign Secretary David Lammy are in Kyiv this week, which marks the first joint visit of its kind for more […]
Russia will make changes to its doctrine on the use of nuclear weapons in response to what it regards as Western escalation in the war in Ukraine, state media quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying on Sunday.The existing nuclear doctrine, set out in a decree by President Vladimir Putin in 2020, says Russia […]
Washington is absorbing the impact of Ukraine’s lightning assault into Russia’s Kursk region as the scale of President Zelensky’s bold gamble emerges. US officials are assessing how the incursion might reshape the political and military dynamics of the war, as well as the implications for Washington’s long-shifting stance on how Ukraine can use American-supplied arms.The […]
Around 120,000 Russian troops have been killed since the start of Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion, averaging around 250 a day, according to independent Russian media outlets which have cited government data. Since the start of the war on February 24, 2022, Ukraine’s defense ministry has given daily updates on Russian troop casualties, which as of […]
Dark storm clouds threatened to upend Serhiy and Tania’s beach wedding. But as the couple walked down the long white staircase to greet their guests, the empty chairs signalled there was a bigger problem. In total, half of their guests were missing.Their family and friends sent their apologies but explained that the risk of attending […]
President Joe Biden has drawn parallels between Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and World War Two, in a speech commemorating the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy, France. Speaking just steps away from where 9,388 members of the US military who participated in the landings are buried, Mr Biden warned democracies across the globe […]
