KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Olena Janchuk spends another day of frozen isolation in her high-rise apartment. The former kindergarten teacher suffers from severe rheumatoid arthritis and has been stuck for weeks on the 19th floor of her apartment building in Kiev, 650 feet above the ground. Long daily outages caused by Russian bombing of power … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the Ukraine settlement with US President Donald Trump’s envoys during marathon talks overnight, and the Kremlin insisted the territorial issue must be resolved to reach a peace deal. The meeting in the Kremlin, which lasted until 3 a.m. on Friday, came hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky sharply criticized his … Read more
Now, deep into what might be called his anecdote, Donald Trump couldn’t resist offering his usual repertoire of supposedly entertaining and inspirational stories to a stunned captive audience at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Then, just hours later, he made a surprise U-turn and dropped his latest tariff threat against Europe altogether after reaching … Read more
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has claimed President Donald Trump wants to annex Greenland to prevent the US from being “drawn” into an “attack” on the territory from Russia. During an interview Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” moderator Kristen Welker asked Bessent why Trump is still trying to seize Greenland despite the fact that “the … Read more
After French President Emmanuel Macron stated that France was now providing two-thirds of all intelligence to Ukraine on January 15, 2026, a rumor spread that this was due to Ukraine providing false information to the US, which the US then leaked to Russia, revealing the US to be an unreliable intelligence partner for Ukraine. Snopes … Read more
NATO’s secretary general said up to 25,000 Russian soldiers are being killed in Ukraine every month. Mark Rutte described the carnage as “unsustainable” for Moscow. That suggests a tipping point is approaching, although it remains unclear when. Russia’s military is suffering heavy losses in fighting in Ukraine, with up to 25,000 soldiers killed a month, … Read more
Dimko Zhluktenko is a drone operator who provides vital data to defend Ukraine’s positions. The sergeant last deployed to Pokrovsk, a key battleground where Ukraine has declared itself outnumbered. He says Ukraine needs more than drones to stop Russia’s brutal advance. This essay, as stated, is based on a conversation with Sgt. Dimko Zhluktenko, an … Read more
First came Russia’s “turtle tank,” a metal shed rumbling across the battlefield. Then Ukraine laughed at the so-called “hairy tank”, covered with long, wavy metal wires. Now the “dandelion tank” has arrived. Moscow’s latest crude design, which features flexible metal rods arranged in branching layers, attempts to protect the tank’s body from the ever-present threat … Read more
By Mark Trevelyan and Andrew Osborn LONDON, Jan 9 (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin’s launch of a hypersonic Oreshnik missile appears aimed at intimidating Ukraine and sending a signal of Russian military power to Europe and the United States at a crucial moment in talks to end the war. Putin has repeatedly boasted of the … Read more
Russia said on Friday it had used its latest missile against Ukraine for the second time in the nearly four-year war, a strong signal to Kiev and its Western allies as US-led peace talks entered a crucial new phase. The Oreshnik hypersonic ballistic missile struck Ukraine’s western Lviv region late Thursday evening. The area is … Read more