Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday rejected any further peace negotiations with Ukraine after accusing Kyiv of intentionally targeting civilians in its incursion inside Kursk and carrying out a drone attack on the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant.
The Biden administration announced last week that it will pump the Philippines with $500 million more in military aid as the Asian country continues to clash with China in the South China Sea.
A video emerged on social media Sunday claiming to show an American-made F-16 fighter flying over Ukraine’s southern city of Odessa after reports emerged that Kyiv received six jets from the Netherlands.
The U.S. announced last week that it will provide Ukraine with another $1.7 billion in military aid that will include air defense munitions and ammunition for HIMARS.
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Nicolás Maduro won reelection in Venezuela on Monday and called his victory a “triumph of peace, of stability”—as the U.S.—which has long sought his ouster—questioned the election results.
While the Bigs Get Bigger, the UN announced last week that the levels of hunger around the world will remain “shamefully” high for years—with 582 million being considered undernourished around the world by 2030, the Financial Times reported.
Lloyd Austin, the U.S. defense secretary, criticized Russia and China last week over a joint bomber flight near Alaskan airspace, which was seen by Washington as the latest sign of warming military relations between countries.
A Ukrainian drone reportedly struck a bomber 1,100 miles into Russian territory last week as Kyiv looked to continue to intensify its assault deep inside Russia.
The Biden administration must keep flexible and may have to eventually relax the “extreme limitations” that the U.S. has placed on Ukraine’s use of Western weapons to strike Russian targets.