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Blinken's Kyiv song choice raises eyebrows as Ukraine fights fierce Russian attacks

May. 15, 2024 14:49 PM EDT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Fresh from a day of delivering optimistic prognoses about how Ukraine would fare in the war with Russia despite gloomy news from the front lines, U.S. Secretary of State and amateur musician Antony Blinken may have thought he had the perfect upbeat song to perform with a Kyiv...

Ukrainian troops pull out of some areas and Zelenskyy postpones foreign trips amid Russian offensive

May. 15, 2024 14:00 PM EDT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces withdrew from some parts of the country's northeast and battled Russian troops in other areas Wednesday, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's decision to postpone all his upcoming foreign trips underscored the seriousness of the threat his soldiers face. ...

Editorial Roundup: United States

May. 15, 2024 12:39 PM EDT

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: May 11 The New York Times on college campus protests Protesting the world’s wrongs has been a rite of passage for generations of American youth, buoyed by our strong laws protecting free...

Blinken in Kyiv tries to rally sagging Ukrainian spirits as Russia makes new military gains

May. 14, 2024 18:16 PM EDT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken sought Tuesday to rally the spirits of glum Ukrainians facing a fierce new Russian offensive, assuring them during a visit to Kyiv that they are not alone and that billions of dollars in American military aid on its way after months of...

Russian assault opens new front, diverting Ukraine forces as Western aid trickles in

May. 13, 2024 17:48 PM EDT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian troops were locked in intense battles with Ukrainian soldiers around the embattled town of Vovchansk in northeast Ukraine on Monday, pushing ahead with a ground offensive that opened a new front and put more pressure on overstretched Ukrainian forces. ...

Putin replaces Shoigu as Russia's defense minister as he starts his 5th term

May. 12, 2024 23:40 PM EDT

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday replaced Sergei Shoigu as defense minister in a Cabinet shakeup that comes as he begins his fifth term in office. In line with Russian law, the entire Russian Cabinet resigned Tuesday following Putin’s glittering inauguration in the...

Russia says it has captured 5 villages in northeast Ukraine as more than 1,700 civilians flee

May. 11, 2024 13:39 PM EDT

VOVCHANSK, Ukraine (AP) — Moscow's forces captured five villages in a renewed ground assault in northeastern Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry said Saturday, and Associated Press journalists in the city of Vovchansk described multiple buildings destroyed after Russian airstrikes and barrages...

US announces a new $400 million package of weapons for Ukraine to try to hold off Russian advances

May. 10, 2024 17:16 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. announced a new $400 million package of military aid for Ukraine on Friday, as Kyiv struggles to hold off advances by Russian troops in the northeast Kharkiv region. This is the third tranche of aid for Ukraine since Congress passed supplemental funding...

Ukraine says Russia is trying to break through its defenses in the northeastern Kharkiv region

May. 10, 2024 14:18 PM EDT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine rushed reinforcements to its northeastern Kharkiv region on Friday to hold off a Russian attempt to breach local defenses, authorities said, signaling a tactical switch in the war by Moscow that Ukrainian officials had been expecting for weeks. ...

Ukraine marks its third Easter at war as it comes under fire from Russian drones and troops

May. 05, 2024 13:25 PM EDT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — As Ukraine marked its third Easter at war, Russia on Sunday launched a barrage of drones concentrated in Ukraine’s east, wounding more than a dozen people, and claimed its troops took control of a village they had been targeting. Ukraine’s air force said...