Germany’s Foreign Minister Warns of Reducing Military Aid to Ukraine

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock warned on Sunday of the consequences of reducing Germany’s financial support for arms deliveries to Ukraine. Speaking on the sidelines of a conference on Syria in Saudi Arabia, Baerbock said that the German government spent almost €7 billion ($7.2 billion) on weapons procurement for Ukraine last year.She said that if…

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Biden-Harris Administration Allocates $500 Million to Ukraine at the End of Term

The Biden-Harris administration announced another $500 million in “additional security assistance support” for Ukraine on Thursday, just before the end of President Joe Biden’s term in office and President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20. In a Thursday press release, the U.S. Defense Department wrote, “Today, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced additional security assistance…

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Trump Should Terminate The Bilateral Security Agreement Between The US & Ukraine

He should do this on his first day in office if he’s serious about implementing his foreign policy agenda. New York Times contributor Rajan Menon wrote in a mid-December op-ed that Trump is unlikely to agree to give Ukraine the security guarantees that Zelensky is demanding in temporary lieu of NATO membership. He’s apparently unaware that Trump…

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Russian Bombing in Kharkiv Leaves 12-Year-Old Dead, 35 Injured as Rescue Efforts Continue

Kharkiv, Ukraine – At least one person, a 12-year-old boy, has died, and 35 others have been injured after a Russian bomb struck a residential building in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city. Kharkiv authorities confirmed the boy’s death on Thursday and reported that emergency workers were actively engaged in rescue operations. The regional governor stated that…

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Here’s why US is playing dumb about Ukraine’s plans to invade Kursk

This dishonesty advances the US’ escalation control and soft power interests. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre claimed that the US didn’t know about Ukraine’s plans to invade Russia’s Kursk Region, but that’s unbelievable since there’s no way that its intelligence services didn’t even catch a hint of it, not to mention likely participate in…

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