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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with President Joe Biden at the White House on Wednesday — his first trip outside his homeland since the Russian invasion began in February. The visit came ahead of the Ukrainian President’s address to Congress as he seeks military and economic support from his top …

Russian trolls are taking advantage of the free-for-all on far-right social media apps to spread pro-Kremlin propaganda —and they were particularly successful when impersonating fans of MAGA musician Kid Rock. Those conclusions are from a new report by the social media tracking firm Graphika and Stanford University’s Internet Observatory. The …

President Joe Biden said Wednesday that it was “unlikely” that a missile that killed two people in Poland was fired from Russia, the Associated Press reports. After an “emergency” meeting of the Group of Seven and NATO leaders, President Joe Biden was asked by reporters if it was too early …

KYIV – Amid hundreds of joyous civilians pouring onto the streets of Kherson to welcome the soldiers who liberated them from Russian occupation, there is a man named Mykhailo. A former soldier whose son has been serving in an elite unit in the Ukrainian military since 2016, Mykhailo – whom …

Less than a year ago, I was a successful director and screenwriter in Moscow. Now, I spendmy sleepless nights in New York City, trying to find airline tickets for my friends to escape Russia before they’re sent to the front lines or arrested. I was about to begin making a …

Brittney Griner’s nine-year prison sentence on drug smuggling charges was upheld in Russian court Tuesday, Oct. 25, The Associated Press reports. The ruling, though disheartening for Griner and her supporters, was largely expected, as Russian courts rarely overturn verdicts. Prior to the appeal, Griner’s lawyers said in a statement that …

In a speech on Thursday night, President Joe Biden warned that recent threats from Russian president Vladimir Putin could devolve into a nuclear conflict. “We have not faced the prospect of Armageddon since Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis,”Biden confirmed, speaking at a Democratic fundraiser event in New York. “We’ve …

VAYOTS DZOR PROVINCE, ARMENIA – The frequency of the ambulances starts to increase the further east you drive. It’s a sign of how bad the situation is. A mix of four-wheel-drive military trucks with red crosses and civilian ambulances are whisking away Armenian casualties in a steady trickle through the …

YEREVAN – Weapons are the province of chemistry, ballistics and engineering; strategy is the domain of mathematics, economics and politics. But there is a reason warfare is considered an “art” and not a science by its greatest theorists. The Ukrainian military has – once again – defied expectations about its …

Ben Stiller and Sean Penn are among the latest Americans to be banned from Russia, as both actors were personally sanctioned by the Russian foreign ministry over their support of Ukraine during the current invasion. Stiller and Penn joined Rob Reiner and Morgan Freeman — both sanctioned in May — …