Latest Ukraine government News

Belarus grants asylum to fugitive Polish judge wanted on spying allegations

Nov. 23, 2024 11:51 AM EST

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus has granted asylum to a former Polish judge who faced espionage charges at home following his defection in May to the Kremlin-allied country. A decree published Friday by Alexander Lukashenko, Belarus’ autocratic president, described Tomasz Szmydt...

The week that upped the stakes of the Ukraine war

Nov. 23, 2024 06:34 AM EST

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — This past week has seen the most significant escalation in hostilities that Ukraine has witnessed since Russia's full-scale invasion and marks a new chapter in the nearly three-year war — one tinged with uncertainty and fear. It began with U.S. President Joe...

NATO and Ukraine to hold emergency talks after Russia's attack with new hypersonic missile

Nov. 22, 2024 16:49 PM EST

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — NATO and Ukraine will hold emergency talks Tuesday after Russia attacked a central city with an experimental, hypersonic ballistic missile that escalated the nearly 33-month-old war. The conflict is “entering a decisive phase,” Poland's Prime Minister...

Putin says Russia attacked Ukraine with a new missile that he claims the West can't stop

Nov. 21, 2024 20:46 PM EST

The Kremlin fired a new intermediate-range ballistic missile at Ukraine on Thursday in response to Kyiv's use this week of American and British missiles capable of striking deeper into Russia, President Vladimir Putin said. In a televised address to the country, the Russian president...

Putin touts Russia's new missile and delivers a menacing warning to NATO

Nov. 21, 2024 15:42 PM EST

The new ballistic missile fired by Russia struck a military-industrial facility in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro, but its real mission was delivering a deadly new message to NATO. Hours after Thursday's strike touched off a debate over whether the Ukrainian plant was hit by an...

US to give antipersonnel mines to Ukraine to help slow the Russian advance

Nov. 20, 2024 23:41 PM EST

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it will give Ukraine antipersonnel mines to help it slow Russia’s battlefield advances, marking the second major shift on U.S. military support for Kyiv in days. After allowing Ukraine to use longer-range...

US will send Ukraine at least $275 million in new weapons in push to bolster Kyiv before Trump

Nov. 20, 2024 17:39 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon will send Ukraine at least $275 million in new weapons, including an undisclosed number of antipersonnel land mines, as the Biden administration rushes to do as much as it can to help Kyiv fight back against Russia before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. ...

Ukraine has seen success in building clean energy, which is harder for Russia to destroy

Nov. 20, 2024 13:06 PM EST

BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Maxim Timchenko, who runs the largest private energy company in Ukraine, pulls out a piece of paper with bar charts showing how much new electricity his company has brought online this year in the country versus how much Russian bombs have destroyed. Total...

Russia's ally Belarus targets hundreds for showing solidarity with Ukraine during the war

Nov. 20, 2024 11:54 AM EST

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Hundreds of people in Belarus who have shown solidarity with Ukraine have been arrested in a sweeping crackdown under authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko, a key ally of Russia in the war, human rights activists said Wednesday. At least 1,671...

Trump and Musk solidify their bond with Texas trip for rocket launch

Nov. 19, 2024 19:12 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — For two weeks, Donald Trump has welcomed Elon Musk into his world. On Tuesday, it was Musk’s turn to play host to the president-elect. Trump flew to South Texas to watch as Musk’s SpaceX launched a Starship rocket near the Mexican border. Trump listened...