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From Brando To Halle Berry, Sean Penn To Spike Lee
Topline Here’s a timeline of the political protests and outbursts at the Academy Awards, including plenty of anti-war statements (from Vietnam to Iraq to Ukraine) and booed speeches. Spike Lee accepts...
Biden Makes Surprise Visit To Kyiv Nearly A Year Into Russia’s Invasion
Topline President Joe Biden made an unannounced visit to Kyiv on Monday ahead of a planned trip to Poland, emphasizing the U.S.’s ongoing commitment to Ukraine and announcing additional military aid d...
Zelensky Urges Support For Ukraine At Berlin Film Festival—Here Are His Other Surprise Appearances At Big-Name Cultural Events
Topline Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky opened the Berlin International Film Festival Thursday night with a call for artists to take a stand against Russia in its invasion of Ukraine, complemen...
Ukraine’s Paratroopers Are Getting Heavy, Slow Challenger 2 Tanks. That Could Force A Change In Tactics.
Ukrainian prime minister Volodymyr Zelensky and British prime minister Rishi Sunak at the British Army’s training facility at Lulworth Ranges in Dorset on Wednesday. Crown Copyright The United Kingdom...
The UK Is “Considering” Sending British Fighter Jets to Ukraine -That’s About as Far as It Will Go
Two Royal Air Force Tornado GR4s prepare to arrive at Royal Air Force (RAF) Marham on November 15, … [+] 2014 near the village of Marham in the English county of Norfolk, England. (Photo by Carl...
Zelensky Meets King Charles III And Addresses British Parliament In Surprise Visit To UK
Topline Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and spoke to members of Parliament ahead of a meeting with King Charles III Wednesday, in Zelensky’s second trip...
Senior Ukrainian Officials Fired Over Corruption Allegations Amid EU Membership Push
Topline Several senior Ukrainian officials were dismissed or resigned in recent days after being accused of corruption, according to multiple reports, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky vows to...
Bakhmut Is ‘Soaked In Blood’ As Eight Of Ukraine’s Best Brigades Battle 40,000 Former Russian Prisoners
Volodymyr Zelensky in Bakhmut. Office of the president of Ukraine Russian mercenary firm The Wagner Group since this summer has been trying, and so far failing, to capture the town of Bakhmut in easte...
Zelensky Thanks U.S. In Speech To Congress—But Calls For More Aid To Ukraine
Topline Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his country is “alive and kicking” despite Russia’s brutal 10-month-long invasion during a speech to Congress late Wednesday, using his first visit ...
Zelensky Meets With Biden In D.C. Ahead Of Historic Speech To Congress
Topline Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky landed in the U.S. on Wednesday and is planning to meet with President Joe Biden and members of Congress, in his first trip out of Ukraine since Russia i...
Did The Russians Sabotage Ukraine’s Neptune Missiles?
The Ukrainian navy’s first Neptune battery. Wikimedia Commons The Neptune anti-ship missile was one of Ukraine’s secret weapons. Developed in fits and starts and completed just weeks before Russ...
His MiG-29 In Flames, Blood Pouring Down His Face, This Ukrainian Pilot Still Managed To Snap A Selfie
Vadym Voroshylov parachutes to Earth following his October battle with Russian drones. Instagram photo via the Ukrainian defense ministry An accomplished photographer and videographer, Maj. Vadym Voro...
Zelensky Urges World Leaders To Double Down On Russia And End War Now
Topline Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday urged world leaders gathered at the Group of 20 summit in Bali to double down on Russia and push it to end its war now, upping the diplomatic ...
Kherson’s Liberation Is The ‘Beginning Of The End’ Of War With Russia, Zelensky Says
Topline In an unannounced visit to Kherson Monday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called the city’s recent liberation—following Russia’s announcement it was retreating last week—the “beginning...
Global Food Crisis Back On? Russia Bails From Grain Deal, Blaming Ukraine Drone Attack
Topline Russian officials reneged on its deal with Ukraine clearing the Black Sea for grain exports, after it claimed Ukraine led a drone strike on its Crimean naval fleet—threatening what officials w...
Why Iran Arming Russia With Drones For Ukraine War Is Utterly Cynical
Iran’s decision to supply large quantities of armed drones to Russia amidst Moscow’s ongoing war against Ukraine makes Iran an accomplice and enabler of wanton Russian aggression. The fact that Iran w...
Ukraine joins Spain and Portugal’s joint bid to host 2030 World Cup
Soccer Football – Carabao Cup Final – Chelsea v Liverpool – Wembley Stadium, London, Britain – February 27, 2022 Liverpool fan with the big screen in the background in support ...
Zelensky Sits Down With Forbes
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky sat down with Randall Lane, chief content officer for Forbes, Thursday afternoon at the 2022 Forbes Philanthropy Summit, addressing his country’s seven-month-lon...
Zelensky Urges UN To Boot Russia From Security Council In Fiery Speech
Topline Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on members of the United Nations to mete out “just punishment” against Russia and strip the country of its UN Security Council veto, part of an ad...
Ukraine Celebrates Independence Day As Russian Invasion Hits Six-Month Mark
Topline Ukraine marked 31 years of independence from the Soviet Union on Wednesday, a muted celebration amid warnings that Moscow would step up attacks on civilians as Russia’s invasion hits the six-m...
This Village In Eastern Ukraine Is A ‘Meat Grinder’ For Two Armies
Ukrainian defense ministry photo The village of Pisky lies mere yards from Russian lines just outside Donetsk, an industrial city of one million that, since 2014, has been under the control of pro-Rus...
War Has Caused $108 Billion In Damage To Ukraine’s Infrastructure, Study Finds
Topline Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has caused $108.3 billion in damage to the country’s infrastructure, according to a study from Kyiv School of Economics released the same day Ukraine’s defense min...
NBC Steps Up To Help Those Affected By The Ukrainian Crisis With Special Broadcast
BERLIN, GERMANY – FEBRUARY 24: A woman wears make up in the colors of the Ukrainian flag protesting … [+] against Russian invasion of Ukraine in front of Brandenburg gate on February 24, 2...
Zelensky Urges NATO For Security Guarantees As Sweden And Finland Invited To Join Alliance
Topline In what appears to be a shift in diplomatic strategy, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky asked NATO on Wednesday whether Ukraine has “not paid enough” to join the alliance—one day after Fi...
With New Guns And Long-Range Rockets, Ukraine Is Transforming Its Artillery. But Maybe Not Fast Enough.
An ex-Norwegian M-109 howitzer in Ukrainian service. Ukrainian defense ministry As many as a hundred Ukrainian soldiers die every day in the battle for eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region, Ukrainian Defen...
Russia Controls 20% Of Ukraine, Zelensky Says, As UN Civilian Death Toll Surpasses 4,000
Topline Russian troops now control about 20% of Ukrainian territory, the country’s President Volodymyr Zelensky told Luxembourg’s Parliament on Thursday, and the country’s civilian death toll has surp...
Zelensky Says He Won’t Attack Russian Territory—But Russia Blasts U.S. For Sending Rockets To Ukraine
Topline Ukraine is “not interested” in attacking Russian territory and only intends to use foreign supplied weapons to drive out invading forces from its own land, the country’s president Volodymyr Ze...
How Ukraine’s President Demonstrated Historic Servant Leadership
Members of Congress give Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky a standing ovation before he speaks in a virtual address to Congress in the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center Congressional Auditorium in Washi...
McConnell Makes Secret Trip To Ukraine With Delegation Of Republican Senators
Topline Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) led a delegation of Republican senators to Kyiv to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday, making them the latest group of ...