President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky

U.S. 01/08/22, 16:32

The United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on Friday roundly rejected Russian demands that the alliance curb its expansion and prevent new members from joining, referring to Ukraine with which it has a tense territorial dispute.  Both Secretary of State Antony Blinken and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said ...

D.C. 11/15/21, 18:10

The tension between Russia and the West reached a new point this Monday, Nov. 15, as the United Kingdom announced it was ready to send troops to defend Ukraine from a possible Russian invasion. Also, Poland received U.S. support in its conflict against Belarus, and the European Union extended economic ...

U.S. 06/09/21, 22:31

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was surprised and disappointed when he learned that the Biden administration had decided to scrap sanctions on a firm overseeing Russia's contested Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to Germany, an energy project that Ukraine sees as a dire national security threat. Russia's gas is currently passing via ...

U.S. 04/16/21, 15:52

After the Biden administration requested authorization from the Turkish government to deploy a couple of warships in the Black Sea in anticipation of possible attacks against Ukraine by Russia, it canceled the operation.  All indications are that Biden gave in to the strong demand issued by Russian President Vladimir Putin, according ...

U.S. 04/03/21, 18:34

As fighting with Russian-backed separatists escalates in eastern Ukraine, Russia predicts a terrifying escalation and threatening the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) not to send troops to the site of the conflict.  Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the battles produced were already frightening enough, and multiple "provocations" were still being generated, ...

China 03/13/21, 13:04

The Ukrainian government announced on March 12 that it had decided to nationalize a military manufacturing company in the face of Chinese investors seeking to take it over. Motor Sich, an aerospace company that produces engines for helicopters and airplanes, and also manufactures engines that can be used for cruise missiles ...