The Chinese balloon saga is reminiscent of the U-2 spy plane incident that provoked a tense confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union.
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Pentagon Will Increase Artillery Production Sixfold for Ukraine
The Army’s top acquisition official says production of the 155-millimeter shells badly needed by Kyiv will rise to 90,000 a month in two years.
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What Are JDAMs? And What Will They Do For Ukraine?
The United States is giving satellite-guided bombs to Kyiv for the first time as part of a new $1.85 billion military aid package.
‘Banksy of Borovsk,’ a Russian Muralist, Wages His Own War
An 84-year-old artist, defying Moscow’s crackdown on dissent, wants his country to acknowledge misdeeds both past and present.
Ukraine’s 15,000-Mile Lifeline
How the country’s vast rail system has helped it withstand an invasion.
With Ukraine War, Europe’s Democratic Project Takes on New Urgency
Panelists at the Athens Democracy Forum said Putin’s invasion has provided a striking example of the importance and power of the democratic idea.
Ukraine’s Top Diplomat Tries to Counter Russia’s Narrative on Africa Tour
“I arrived here and I hear, ‘Russia and Ukraine are one people,’” Ukraine’s foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, said in Senegal on the first stop of his 10-day trip across Africa.
Clashes Erupt Between Armenia and Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh
The simmering conflict over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region last flared in 2020, when Russia brokered a cease-fire.