Category: 2. RussianAggression

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on September 6 that no single military weapon will be decisive for Ukraine to defeat Russia’s full-scale invasion and that the use of donated U.S. weapons for long-range strikes into Russia would not turn the tide of the war in Ukraine’s favor. Speaking… Continue Reading

Thousands of people gathered in Lviv, western Ukraine, on September 6 to attend a funeral service for four members of a family who died in an air strike two days earlier. The drone and missile attack killed Yevhenia Bazylevych and her three daughters at their home, leaving the girls’ father as… Continue Reading

The top aide to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and a group that represents Ukrainians living in Canadian have sharply criticized the showing of the film Russians At War at the Venice Film Festival, calling it Russian propaganda. Continue Reading

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has said the use of U.S.-donated weapons for long-range strikes on Russian territory would not turn the tide of the war in Ukraine’s favor. Austin spoke on September 6 after a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at Ramstein Air Base in Germany…. Continue Reading

Ukraine has a new foreign minister, one of the latest moves as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy embarks on the largest overhaul of his administration since Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion. Eastern Europe Bureau Chief Myroslava Gongadze reports on the appointment of nine new ministers in the… Continue Reading

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on September 6 that no single military weapon will be decisive for Ukraine to defeat Russia’s full-scale invasion and that the use of donated U.S. weapons for long-range strikes into Russia would not turn the tide of the war in Ukraine’s favor. Speaking… Continue Reading

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy appealed for more weapons support from its Western allies on September 6, as Washington announced it would provide an additional $250 million in military assistance to Kyiv. Speaking at a gathering of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at the Ramstein Air… Continue Reading

Russian forces continue to push toward the city of Pokrovsk in Ukraine’s Donetsk region. RFE/RL correspondent Maryan Kushnir reports from the front line in the village of Novohrodivka, which he says was on fire and has been entered by Russian forces. Continue Reading

Ukraine is meeting with allies today at the Ramstein air base in Germany to discuss further military aid. The meeting is with Western allies, NATO and EU members, and others. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is attending personally, planning to ask for U.S. cruise missiles (JASSMs). Continue Reading

Russia was planning to attack Ukraine from the Kursk region before Ukraine launched its cross-border incursion last month, Ukraine’s top military commander, Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskiy, said in an interview broadcast on September 5, after Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed that… Continue Reading