Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is facing intense scrutiny after the Pentagon delayed a shipment of weapons bound for Ukraine. The official reason for the delay was concerns over low stockpiles, but an analysis by senior military officials found that the shipment would not jeopardize the military’s supplies. The decision to halt the shipment was made…
China’s foreign minister tells EU that Beijing cannot accept Russia losing to Ukraine – CBS Chicago Watch CBS News Their loss could allow the U.S. to turn its full attention to China, according to an official briefed on the talks. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive…
Here are the key events on day 1,227 of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Here is how things stand on Saturday, July 5 : Fighting Russian air defences have downed dozens of Ukrainian drones in widely dispersed parts of the country, including two near the country’s second-largest city, Saint Petersburg, according to officials. All external power…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has discussed air defences with his US counterpart, agreeing to work on increasing Kyiv’s capability to “defend the sky” as Russian attacks escalate. He said in a message on Telegram he discussed joint defence production, as well as joint purchases and investments, with Donald Trump on Friday. Ukraine has been asking…
Ukraine still can’t produce its own analog of a missile that would be as effective a defense as the Patriot against ballistic and hypersonic missiles that Russia uses daily against civilian areas, in addition to waves of drones. Europe seems to be struggling to help us as well. On Friday, U.S. Independence Day, Russia attacked…
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi reportedly told the European Union’s top diplomat on Wednesday that Beijing does not want to see Russian’s loss in Ukraine because it feared the United States would then shift its whole focus to Beijing. The statement contradicted Beijing’s public position of neutrality in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. However, sources told the…
China is ready to cooperate with France in industries such as nuclear power, aviation, artificial intelligence, green energy and biotechnology, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said. Wang’s comments in Paris capped a European visit that also took him to Brussels and Berlin. During his trip, China announced anti-dumping duties on European brandy while exempting major cognac…
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Two Dutch intelligence agencies said on Friday that Russia is increasing its use of prohibited chemical weapons in Ukraine, including the World War I-era poison gas chloropicrin. The Netherlands’ military intelligence and the security service, together with the German intelligence service, found that the use of prohibited chemical weapons by…
Russia has bombarded Kyiv with the largest aerial attack since the beginning of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Overnight on Thursday, Moscow launched 539 drone and 11 missile strikes that struck nearly every district of the Ukrainian capital, injuring at least 23 people. Air raid sirens rung out continuously for eight hours, coming…
A deputy commander of the Russian navy who was praised and promoted by President Vladimir Putin has been killed in action, Moscow has confirmed. Major General Mikhail Gudkov — who was handed the Kremlin’s highest honour by Mr Putin in February and appointed to the top naval post — was killed “during combat work in…