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Comment on this storyCommentThe Biden administration on Friday asked Congress to approve more than $47 billion in new emergency funds this fall to combat the coronavirus, secure new monkeypox vaccines, bolster Ukraine’s defenses and respond to devastating floods in Kentucky.The official request sets up a fierce fight on Capitol Hill, where…

Interpreter worked with Gorbachev for 37 yearsSays he was shocked, upset by events in UkraineSays Gorbachev still believed in idea of Soviet UnionBut he was against use of force to achieve goalsMOSCOW, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader, was shocked and bewildered by the Ukraine conflict in the months before he died and…

Defense officials said the purchase of National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems announced last week is expected to bolster Ukraine's defense against advanced aerial threats, including unmanned aerial vehicles, helicopters and cruise missiles. The Army awarded a not-to-exceed letter contract for $182 million…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — There is only so much farmland in the United States, so when Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last spring prompted worries that people would go hungryas wheat remained stuck in blockaded ports, there was little U.S. farmers could do to meet the new demand.But that may be changing.Earlier this summer, the U.S. Department of…

Russia has suffered staggering losses in Ukraine and is looking to bolster its ranks.  But one new combat unit in training is reportedly harassing locals and spending much of its time drunk. Locals have been complaining about the new unit on…

Updated August 28, 2022 at 9:06 a.m. EDT|PublishedAugust 28, 2022 at 4:33 a.m. EDTElizaveta Dmytrieva. (Courtesy of Iryna Dmytrieva)Comment on this storyCommentFour-year-old Elizaveta Dmytrieva grinned as she pushed her stroller along the street in Vinnytsia, Ukraine. It was nearly five months into the war, but the city where her family had…

Dramatic surveillance footage posted Saturday shows the car bomb blast that killed a “traitor” security official in occupied eastern Ukraine earlier this month. Askyar Laishev, a former Ukrainian security official who joined the Russian-backed Luhansk People’s Republic as head of intelligence in 2014, was killed by Ukraine…

Researchers have found a network of detention, interrogation, and processing centers in occupied Ukraine. A new report documents at least 21 facilities used by Russian forces and Russian-backed proxies. Ukrainians have described harrowing…

The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has been disconnected from Ukraine’s national grid for the first time in nearly 40 years of operation, the country’s nuclear power operator, Energoatom, has said.The final power line connecting the plant to the grid was cut twice by fires at the ash pits of a nearby coal-fired power plant. Three other lines…

Russian President Vladimir Putin's five most pricey military losses in the ongoing war with Ukraine cost him more than $1 billion, according to a Forbes calculation.The calculation pinpointed the Russian military's most painful and valuable loss as the Moskva warship, the flagship of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, valued at $750 million, that sank in…