Tag: Russia-Ukraine War

Hundreds of people gather near a U.S. Air Force C-17 transport plane at the perimeter of the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 16, 2021.

Courage, Strength, and Optimism

Governments have failed Afghan families; individuals need to step up

Kathryn Chovanes · March 11, 2023 12:01 am

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during an EU summit at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. On Thursday, Zelenskyy will join EU leaders at a summit in Brussels, which German Chancellor Olaf Scholz described as a "signal of European solidarity and community."

Ukraine forces Russian troops ‘to impale themselves on’ Bakhmut and then reload

Joel Gehrke · March 10, 2023 9:12 pm

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy walks ahead of a press conference in a city subway under a central square in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022.

Oscars 2023: Zelensky’s request to appear on telecast rejected

Luke Gentile · March 10, 2023 4:52 pm

** FILE ** A launcher of short-range Iskander missile rides in a column of Russian military vehicles, during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in downtown Moscow, in this Tuesday, April 29, 2008 file photo. President Dmitry Medvedev said Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008, that Russia will deploy the short-range Iskander missiles to Russia's Kaliningrad region, which lies between Poland and the ex-Soviet republic of Lithuania on the Baltic Sea, in response to U.S. missile defense plans. He did not say whether the missiles would be fitted with nuclear warheads.

Russia used hypersonic missiles in its latest barrage across Ukraine

Mike Brest · March 10, 2023 4:05 pm

Daily on Defense

The reviews are in: GOP lawmakers turn thumbs down on Biden’s proposed $886 billion defense budget

Jamie McIntyre · March 10, 2023 12:11 pm

Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

How Biden’s Iraq War vote has and hasn’t shaped his foreign policy as president

W. James Antle III · March 10, 2023 4:18 am

An Exelon EV charging station on display during the Washington, D.C. Auto Show at Walter E. Washington Convention Center on January 19, 2023.

House Republicans advance energy package HR 1 to counter Biden agenda

Breanne Deppisch · March 9, 2023 11:03 pm

Lloyd Austin urges Israel to step up aid to Ukraine

Mike Brest · March 9, 2023 10:07 pm

Three rockets launched against Ukraine from Russia's Belgorod region are seen at dawn in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 9, 2023.

Russia launches ‘massive’ barrage across Ukraine

Mike Brest · March 9, 2023 3:53 pm

Daily on Defense

Biden reportedly will propose a 2.3% increase in Pentagon budget, less than half the current inflation rate

Jamie McIntyre · March 9, 2023 12:04 pm

Russia's President Vladimir Putin, centre, and China's President Xi Jinping left, walk to open joint naval exercises in Shanghai, China, Tuesday, May 20, 2014.

Spy chief warns DragonBear alliance ‘continuing to deepen’ in ‘every sector’

Jerry Dunleavy · March 8, 2023 11:05 pm

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, following a meeting for the House Republican leadership elections. McCarthy easily won an internal party election Wednesday to take over the shrunken House GOP caucus, a familiar role for the underestimated scrapper whose top priority will be to protect President Donald Trump's agenda and try to build the party back to retake the majority.

Beltway Confidential

Kevin McCarthy has a weak excuse for rejecting an invitation to Ukraine

Tom Rogan · March 8, 2023 8:42 pm