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NATO leader says he wants to put Ukraine in a position of strength for any peace talks with Russia

Dec. 18, 2024 12:03 PM EST

BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO's secretary-general said he wants to discuss ways to put Ukraine in a position of strength for any future peace talks with Russia during a meeting Wednesday with Ukraine’s president and a small number of European leaders. But Mark Rutte appeared frustrated at...

What's known about the brazen bombing that killed a top Russian general in Moscow

Dec. 18, 2024 11:17 AM EST

The killing of a senior Russian general in a bombing outside his apartment building in Moscow was the boldest assassination yet of a top military officer and again brought the war in Ukraine to the streets of the capital. Some things to know about the attack and who is suspected of...

Russia says it has detained a suspect in the Moscow bombing that killed a senior general

Dec. 18, 2024 11:08 AM EST

Russia's security service said Wednesday it detained a citizen from Uzbekistan in the bombing that killed a senior general as he left his southeastern Moscow apartment — a bold assassination that was claimed by Ukraine's security service. Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov was killed Tuesday...

A top Russian general is killed in a Moscow bombing claimed by Ukraine

Dec. 17, 2024 15:48 PM EST

A senior Russian general was killed Tuesday by a bomb hidden in a scooter outside his apartment building in Moscow, a day after Ukraine’s security service leveled criminal charges against him. A Ukrainian official said the service carried out the attack. Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, the...

The killing of a Russian general is one of several that Moscow blames on Ukraine

Dec. 17, 2024 12:24 PM EST

Ukraine’s Security Service, or SBU, has claimed responsibility for killing Lt. General Igor Kirillov, head of the military’s nuclear, biological and chemical protection forces, in a bombing Tuesday in Moscow. Kirillov, 54, was killed alongside his assistant, Ilya Polikarpov, when...

Grassroots funding for Ukraine's military declines as groups look for creative ways to raise money

Dec. 17, 2024 04:22 AM EST

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The concert took place in an old movie studio in Kyiv, the location kept secret until the final moment in case it was the target of a Russian attack. More than 1,000 soldiers and young people gathered to listen to the artists who joined forces with a military...

Trump says it was 'stupid' for Biden to let Ukraine use US weapons to strike deeper into Russia

Dec. 16, 2024 19:01 PM EST

PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Monday suggested that he may reverse President Joe Biden's recent decision to allow Ukrainian forces to use American long-range weapons to strike deeper into Russian territory. Trump called the decision made by Biden last...

Trump says he's a 'believer' in polio vaccine, and other news conference takeaways

Dec. 16, 2024 17:18 PM EST

President-elect Donald Trump on Monday held a wide-ranging news conference in which he said he would preserve access to the polio vaccine but equivocated on other vaccines, pledged to look at bringing down the costs of pharmaceuticals and expressed doubts that his daughter-in-law might be Florida's...

Ukraine and US say some North Korean troops have been killed fighting alongside Russian forces

Dec. 16, 2024 17:07 PM EST

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s military intelligence agency and the Pentagon said Monday that some North Korean troops have been killed during combat against Ukrainian forces in Russia’s Kursk border region. These are the first reported casualties since the U.S. and Ukraine...

EU slaps sanctions on dozens more Russian officials and targets its shadow oil and gas fleet

Dec. 16, 2024 08:46 AM EST

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Monday imposed fresh sanctions on dozens of officials linked to Russia’s war on Ukraine, including two top North Korean defense officials, a military unit blamed for an attack on a Kyiv children’s hospital and the heads of companies in the energy sector....