Biden signs law aimed at streamlining US military aid to Ukraine
President Joe Biden on Monday signed a bill into law aimed at streamlining the process for getting military assistance to Ukraine as Russia continues its invasion.
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Biden tells top national security officials leaks about intelligence sharing with Ukrainians must stop
President Joe Biden recently told his top national security officials that leaks about US intelligence sharing with Ukrainians aren’t helpful and need to stop, according to an official familiar with the conversation.
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US, Italy united on Ukraine, with slightly different tones
Italian Premier Mario Draghi meets with U.S. President Biden this week in Washington as Europe faces another “whatever it takes” moment, with war raging on its eastern flank in Ukraine.
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No end in sight for Ukraine war as Putin hails Victory Day
Russian President Vladimir Putin used a major patriotic holiday to again justify his war in Ukraine but did not declare even a limited victory or signal where the conflict was headed.
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U.S. slaps new sanctions on Russia
The United States has announced new sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.
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More than 60 feared dead in bombing of Ukrainian school
More than 60 people were feared dead Sunday after a Russian bomb flattened a school being used as a shelter, Ukrainian officials said, while Moscow’s forces pressed their attack on defenders inside Mariupol’s steel plant in an apparent race to capture the city ahead of Russia’s Victory Day holiday.
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Jill Biden pays surprise visit to Ukraine, meets first lady
Jill Biden made an unannounced visit to western Ukraine on Sunday, holding a surprise Mother’s Day meeting with first lady Olena Zelenska to show U.S. support for the embattled nation as Russia presses its punishing war in the eastern regions.
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Biden: US sending another $150M in assistance
President Joe Biden on Friday authorized the shipment of another $150 million in military assistance for Ukraine for artillery rounds and radar systems in its fight against Russia’s invading forces.
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Ukraine evacuates civilians from steel plant under siege
Russian forces fired cruise missiles at the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa on Saturday and bombarded a besieged steel mill in Mariupol, hoping to complete their conquest of the port in time for Victory Day celebrations.
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50 more civilians rescued from besieged Mariupol steel plant
Russian and Ukrainian government officials say 50 more civilians have been rescued from the tunnels under a besieged steel plant in Mariupol.
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Biden to announce another assistance package to Ukraine in coming days
President Joe Biden will announce another security assistance package to Ukraine in the coming days, two sources said, with its expected total to be more than $100 million.
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United Nations races to rescue civilians from Mariupol plant
The United Nations is racing to rescue more civilians from the tunnels under a besieged steel plant in Mariupol and the city at large.
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Mariupol steel mill battle rages as Ukraine repels attacks
Heavy fighting is raging at the besieged steel plant in Mariupol as Russian forces attempt to finish off the city’s last-ditch defenders and complete the capture of the strategically vital port.
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Russian military bombs Ukrainian workers waiting at a bus stop
A Russian military strike on Tuesday killed and wounded a number of civilians waiting for a bus in Ukraine’s oblast, according to the Ukrainian National Police.
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EU proposes ban on Russian oil imports
The European Union is proposing to ban all oil imports from Russia by the end of the year and remove the country’s biggest bank, Sberbank, from the SWIFT international payments network.
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Biden tells Alabama workers making anti-tank missiles they ‘make it possible’ for Ukraine to fight Russia
President Joe Biden on Tuesday told workers in Alabama that the anti-tank missiles they’re making at their facility are making possible the Ukrainian resistance to the Russian invasion and keeping US fighters out of the war.
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Former US Marine killed while fighting in Ukraine
A 22-year-old former U.S. Marine was killed alongside Ukrainian forces in the war with Russia, his relatives told news outlets, in the first known death of an American citizen fighting in Ukraine.
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Commander glad for steel mill evacuations
The deputy commander of the Azov Regiment says he’s glad evacuations had begun at a steel mill where civilians and fighters have holed up in the last section of Mariupol not controlled by the Russians.
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China has expressed some openness to providing military and financial aid to Russia, US cable suggests
The US has information suggesting China has expressed some openness to providing Russia with requested military and financial assistance as part of its war on Ukraine, a Western official and a US diplomat told CNN, and is conveying what it knows to its NATO allies.
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Russia resumes shelling in Ukraine
A Ukrainian military officer says that Russian forces have resumed their shelling of a steel plant in the war-torn port city Mariupol immediately after the partial evacuation of civilians.
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