Tag: Ukraine

Jill Biden visits fellow first lady Olena Zelenska during surprise Mother’s Day trip to Ukraine

Heather Hamilton · May 8, 2022 2:52 pm

Jill Biden tells Ukrainian mother: Russia war is ‘hard to understand’

Heather Hamilton · May 8, 2022 12:45 pm

FILE - Smoke rises from the Metallurgical Combine Azovstal in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern in Mariupol, Ukraine, Thursday, May 5, 2022. The steel plant has a maze of more than 30 bunkers and tunnels spread out over its 11 square kilometers (4 miles), and each bunker was its own world. Evacuees had little or no communication with those elsewhere in the plant.

All women and children rescued from besieged Mariupol steel plant

Ryan King · May 7, 2022 6:44 pm

Jill Biden takes the stage before her husband former Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden during a rally at the Teamster Local 249 Hall in Pittsburgh Monday, April 29, 2019.

Jill Biden to visit displaced Ukrainian families on Mother’s Day

Cami Mondeaux · May 7, 2022 10:30 am

Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby holds a press briefing, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Feb. 22, 2021.

Over 200 Ukrainian soldiers have completed howitzer training: Pentagon

Mike Brest · May 6, 2022 9:52 pm

President Joe Biden speaks during tour of the Lockheed Martin Pike County Operations facility where Javelin anti-tank missiles are manufactured, Tuesday, May 3, 2022, in Troy, Ala.

Biden to sign Ukraine bill on Russia’s Victory Day

Mike Brest · May 6, 2022 9:45 pm

Biden announces additional raft of military aid to Ukraine

Mike Brest · May 6, 2022 9:21 pm

A U.S. Marine fires a FGM-148 Javelin, a shoulder-fired anti-tank missile, during a demonstration near At Tanf Garrison, Syria.

Defense Department announces $18M contract for drones being sent to Ukraine

Mike Brest · May 6, 2022 8:10 pm

Kremlin tries to manage Victory Day parade expectations as Ukraine war continues

Joel Gehrke · May 6, 2022 7:53 pm

A Ukrainian serviceman patrols a street near the frontline with Russia-backed separatists in Verkhnotoretske village in Yasynuvata district, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Jan. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko, File)

Ukrainian professor teaches class from front lines

Abigail Adcox · May 6, 2022 5:31 pm

A U.S. Soldier from the 2nd Cavalry Regiment fires an FGM-148 Javelin during the combined arms live fire training exercise for Saber Strike 16 at the Estonian Defense Forces central training area near Tapa, Estonia, on June 19, 2016.

Pentagon moves $1.4 billion to replenish stocks reduced by war in Ukraine

Mike Brest · May 6, 2022 4:36 pm

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in his office in Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 9, 2022.

Zelensky urges German chancellor to visit Kyiv on Russia’s Victory Day

Mike Brest · May 6, 2022 3:46 pm