“The cost of this fight is not cheap,” President Biden said. He also sent Congress a plan to increase the government’s power to seize luxury yachts, aircraft and other assets of Russian oligarchs.
Tag: Kyiv (Ukraine)
Top U.N. Official Tours Kyiv, Declaring the War ‘An Absurdity’
António Guterres’ goals include securing evacuation routes for besieged civilians and supporting the prosecution of war crimes.
Your Thursday Briefing: Russia Cuts Gas Supplies
Also, Shanghai residents express anger and Singapore executes an intellectually disabled man.
Ukrainians Flood Village of Demydiv to Keep Russians at Bay
The waters that poured into Demydiv were one of many instances of Ukraine wreaking havoc on its own territory to slow Russia’s advance. Residents couldn’t be happier. “We saved Kyiv,” one said.
Your Wednesday Briefing: Beijing’s Mass Testing Plan
Plus more aggressive support for Ukraine and Hong Kong’s brownface controversy.
Biden Picks Bridget Brink to Be Ambassador to Ukraine
The U.S. Embassy, which closed just before Russia’s invasion, could reopen “over a couple of weeks,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.
Emboldened by Ukraine’s Grit, U.S. Wants to See Russia Weakened
Hours after the American secretaries of defense and state met with Ukraine’s president in Kyiv, Russia hit at least five Ukrainian railway stations in rocket attacks.
How Blinken and Austin Entered Ukraine Despite Security Risks
After President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine spilled the secret that the secretaries of state and defense would visit, the two cabinet members decided to press onward regardless.
Seeking Arms for Ukraine, Pentagon Buyers Scour Eastern European Factories
Soviet-designed ammunition is part of the ‘life blood’ for Ukrainian troops fighting Russia, and the United States is keeping it flowing.
America’s Road to the Ukraine War
For years, the United States sent mixed signals about its interests in the country. Then Vladimir V. Putin made his move.