Ukraine
A US license could let Ukraine produce Patriot missiles, but it won’t be simple or quick
Speaking Wednesday alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, Trump said the United States would allow Ukraine to make the U.S.-designed systems that Kyiv has long sought to shield its cities and infrastructure from Russian missiles and drones. “We’ll give them the right to make Patriots. We’ll show them how […]
Trump says the U.S. will give license to Ukraine to produce Patriot defense systems
ANKARA, Turkey | President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the U.S. will give a license to Ukraine to manufacture Patriot air defense systems to help counter Russian missile attacks, a huge coup for Ukraine which has badly needed the technology for the war now in its fifth year. “We’ll give them the right to make […]
Russia’s missile and drone attacks on Ukraine kill at least 20
KYIV, Ukraine | Russia unleashed waves of missiles and drones at Ukraine early Monday, killing at least 20 people in attacks that exposed widening gaps in country’s air defenses more than four years into Moscow’s full-scale invasion, authorities said. All of the ballistic missiles launched by Russia struck their targets, underscoring Kyiv’s need for more […]
A major Russian attack kills 20 in Kyiv as Ukrainian strikes disrupt Moscow’s oil sector
KYIV, Ukraine | Russia hammered Kyiv in an 11-hour drone and missile attack overnight into Thursday morning, killing at least 20 civilians in the city and injuring scores more in what Moscow said was retaliation for Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil facilities. Loud explosions shook the Ukrainian capital, where more than 50,000 people sheltered in […]
Ukrainian drone attacks on oil refineries plunge Russia into a summer fuel crisis
The lines are growing at Russian gas stations — and so is the frustration and uncertainty as several months of Ukrainian attacks have set oil refineries ablaze and choked supplies for motorists across the vast country. Fuel rationing has been introduced in many regions, with hourslong queues of cars snaking beside roads. Social media videos […]
Ukrainian drones set another Russian oil refinery ablaze as Putin admits fuel shortages
KYIV, Ukraine | Ukraine kept up its heavy drone assault on Russia, setting fire to a major oil refinery in the south, as President Vladimir Putin acknowledged for the first time on Sunday that the country was facing a “certain deficit” of fuel and vowed to strengthen protection of oil facilities and boost fuel output. […]
Ukraine unleashes one of its heaviest drone bombardments of Russia
Ukraine launched a major nighttime attack on a dozen Russian regions, Russian-held Crimea and the surrounding seas, Moscow’s Defense Ministry said Friday, in what appeared to be one of Kyiv’s biggest drone assaults since the Kremlin’s full-scale invasion more than four years ago. Russian air defenses intercepted 660 Ukrainian drones, Russia’s Defense Ministry said. The […]
The European Union has quietly sought to reopen communication with Russia
BRUSSELS | The European Union has reached out to Moscow in a tentative bid to open a line of communication so the continent is not sidelined in any potential talks to end Russia’s grinding war in Ukraine, officials said Thursday. The news emerged as Ukraine launched one of its biggest drone attacks since Russia’s all-out […]
Ukrainian drones set a Moscow refinery ablaze in a major attack on the Russian capital
Ukraine struck a major Moscow oil refinery Thursday for a second time in a week, sending huge plumes of black smoke over the capital and disrupting flights at its airports in one of its biggest drone attacks since Russia’s full-scale invasion over four years ago, officials said. Ukraine has repeatedly targeted Russian oil facilities, aiming […]
Trump signals swift return of sanctions on Russian oil as G7 refocuses on Ukraine
EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France | The United States could soon reimpose sanctions on Russian oil shipments after President Donald Trump and fellow leaders at the Group of Seven summit of major industrialized democracies moved Tuesday to put the war in Ukraine back on top of their agenda, more than four years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion. […]