Ukrainians are worried that the next U.S. president will stop the supply of weapons being used to defend themselves against Russia's invasion - and pressure Kyiv into surrendering territory to Vladimir Putin.

With the election of Donald Trump, Ukrainians are worried that the next U.S. president will stop the supply of weapons being used to defend themselves against Russia's invasion, and pressure Kyiv into surrendering territory to Vladimir Putin. Correspondent Holly Williams looks at how the war (which in February would enter its fourth year) may be determined by whether the resolve of Western nations...

"The shadow fleet, responsible for sabotaging cables, may not be the only such threat from Russia," a government adviser said on Sunday.

President-elect Trump on the campaign trail made grandiose promises to voters to bring down costs quickly, to end the war in Ukraine before he even took office and to use tariffs to bolster the U.S. economy and manufacturing. Since winning Novembers election, Trump has indicated delivering on those promises may not be as simple as...

Croatia’s left-leaning president, an outspoken critic of Western military support for Ukraine in its war against Russia, is running for reelection in the Adriatic Sea state, but is unlikely to get an outright majority in the first round

The year 2024 saw President Vladimir Putin further cement his power as he sought to counter Russia's isolation over the war in Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin apologized to Azerbaijans president Saturday after an Azerbaijan Airlines flight crashed upon entering Russian airspace, killing 38 people. However, Putin stopped short of saying Russia was responsible for the incident. North Korean soldiers deployed to assist Russia in its war on Ukraine are allegedly taking drastic measures to avoid capture. This […]

Last year, we challenged 10 of our journalists from across our broadcast region to peer into the future and predict what the year ahead might bring. Gluttons for punishment, they're back again -- reflecting on 2024 and sharing their insights on what 2025 might have in store. A few recurring themes emerge from their predictions: The war in Ukraine has become a global conflict, broadly pitting the W...

North Korean forces are experiencing mass casualties on the front lines of Russia’s war against Ukraine, with a thousand of their troops killed or wounded in the last week alone in Russia’s Kursk region, White House spokesperson John Kirby told reporters on Friday. The number far exceeds the figure U.S. officials have previously provided. “It […]

White House National Security communications adviser John Kirby said Russia was treating North Korean troops as expendable by sending them on impractical ground operations in its war against Ukraine. It is clear that Russian and North Korean military leaders are treating these troops as expendable and ordering them on hopeless assaults against Ukrainian defenses, Kirby...

The deadly crash this week of an Azerbaijani passenger jet — with Russian air defenses as the suspected culprit — brings into focus a little-noticed aspect of the war in Ukraine: a battle zone that extends deep into Russia. Ukraine for months has been using domestically tooled drones to strike Russian targets hundreds of miles from the front lines in southern and eastern Ukraine, often...

There is no holiday season in Ukraine, where the fighting continues with no respite. While people celebrated Christmas and the holidays around the world, the Russian military was capturing an important settlement in the Donbas. Russian Progress in KurakhoveRussian forces have likely seized Kurakhove following two months of intensified offensive operations...

Andrii Yusov of Ukraine's Defense Intelligence said that Kyiv is increasing the range of its unmanned aerial vehicles.

Western officials have long been concerned about Moscows so-called shadow fleet, an assemblage of aged tankers created to covertly carry Russian crude oil around the world. Since Russia invaded Ukraine, […]

Ukraine said it had struck the site in Oryol Oblast where Shahed attack drones were being maintained and repaired.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said earlier this week that the country would be willing to start negotiations if the U.S. made the first move

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Officials say the large package of aid includes a significant amount of munitions.