The Latest News about Ukraine

The Department of Defense announced today plans to provide $250 million to Ukraine in security cooperation funds for additional training, equipment, and advisory efforts to build the capacity of Ukraine’s armed forces. This reaffirms the long-standing defense relationship between the United States and Ukraine and will bring total U.S. security assistance to Ukraine to $1.5 billion since 2014. The new ...

President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudolph Giuliani is pushing Ukrainian officials to delve deeper into ongoing investigations connected to Paul Manafort and Joe Biden, The New York Times reports. Giuliani will travel to Ukraine’s capital to meet with Ukraine’s President-elect Volodymyr Zelensky, who will take control of the country’s government June 3. Giuliani plans to discuss two separate investigations: one ...

The United States condemns today’s decision by President Putin to provide expedited Russian citizenship to Ukrainians living in Russia-controlled eastern Ukraine. Russia, through this highly provocative action, is intensifying its assault on Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. President Putin’s decision creates a serious obstacle to the implementation of the Minsk agreements and the reintegration of the Donbas region. The Minsk ...

Today, the United States, EU, and Canada took coordinated action in response to Russia’s continued aggression against Ukraine by imposing sanctions on individuals who orchestrated the unjustified November 25 attack on three Ukrainian naval vessels near the Kerch Strait. Additionally, the United States imposed sanctions on six Russian defense firms, including shipbuilding companies; two individuals involved in the November sham ...

Russia’s occupation of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula Five years ago highlighted an escalation of Russian aggression. Russia attempted to upend the international order, undermined basic human freedoms, and weakened global security. The world has not forgotten the cynical lies Russia employed to justify its aggression and mask its attempted annexation of Ukrainian territory. Russia’s use of force against a peaceful neighbor ...

Ukrainians have every right to be angry with Russia over the many atrocities committed against the Ukrainian people especially in the Soviet times. In 2014, a year before elections were set to be held, the admittedly corrupt President Viktor Yanukovych was overthrown in a violent revolution. After the revolution, unsavory people took the reigns of power such as the neo-nazi ...

In response to Russia’s dangerous escalation and unjustified November 25 attack on three Ukrainian naval vessels near the Kerch Strait, the Department of State, subject to Congressional approval, will provide an additional $10 million in Foreign Military Financing to further build Ukraine’s naval capabilities. “We do so in solidarity with Lithuania and the United Kingdom, also planning to increase their ...

President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he had decided to cancel a one-on-one meeting with Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin because Russia had not yet returned ships and sailors that it illegally seized earlier this week. “Based on the fact that the ships and sailors have not been returned to Ukraine from Russia, I have decided it would be best ...

By Jim Garamone – Defense.gov WASHINGTON — Russia’s seizure of three Ukrainian ships in the Sea of Azov in contradiction to signed treaties and the Law of the Sea show that Russia cannot be counted on to keep its word, Defense Secretary James N. Mattis said at the Pentagon today. Defense Secretary James N. Mattis discusses Russia’s seizure of three Ukrainian ...

The Russian coast guard fired on and seized three Ukrainian vessels in the Black Sea on Sunday, raising fears the undeclared conflict between the two countries could shift to open war.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement Wednesday that Russia had “acted in a manner unworthy of a great nation” by invading and continuing to occupy Crimea. “Russia, through its 2014 invasion of Ukraine and its attempted annexation of Crimea, sought to undermine a bedrock international principle shared by democratic states: that no country can change the borders ...

The Defense Department announced Friday that it will provide $200 million to Ukraine in security cooperation funds for additional training, equipment and advisory efforts to build the defensive capacity of Ukraine’s forces among its ongoing struggle with Russian-supported forces in Crimea. “This reaffirms the long-standing defense relationship between the United States and Ukraine, and brings the total U.S. security sector ...

While we catch the most important stories coming from the White House as they happen, some minor stories and small details fall through the cracks on busy news days. When they do, we pick them up … on the flip side Presidential Itinerary – the details The president and first lady headed to Charlotte, NC to attend former Reverand Billy Graham’s ...

Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ seat continues to get hotter by the day. On Tuesday, President Donald Trump put an exclamation point behind his dismay with the former senator’s refusal to investigate the crimes of the Democrats and Hillary Clinton via Twitter: Attorney General Jeff Sessions has taken a VERY weak position on Hillary Clinton crimes (where are E-mails & DNC ...

A leading Senate Democrat has come up with yet another way to swindle American taxpayers and it’s a doozy. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut is looking to get a provision inserted into a defense spending bill to pay $500 million for wounded UKRAINIAN military personnel. Never mind that our own veterans are having enough trouble getting quality care at VA facilities, ...