Does the United States still understand how wars are won?
In the past 50 years, the United States has gotten good at losing wars. We withdrew in humiliation from Saigon, Vietnam, in 1975; Beirut in 1984; Mogadishu, Somalia, in 1993; …
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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy gets more air defense missiles from Spain
MADRID (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday secured from Spain a pledge of additional air defense missiles to help fight the about 3,000 bombs that he says Russia …
Blinken in Kyiv says US arms will make a difference in Ukraine as new Russian offensive pushes on
By MATTHEW LEE (AP Diplomatic Writer) KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday that American military aid on its way to Ukraine would make a …
Thousands flee as Russia presses a border assault near Kharkiv
By The Associated Press Russia’s President Vladimir Putin began a Cabinet shakeup on Sunday, proposing the replacement of Sergei Shoigu as defense minister as he begins his fifth term in …
Russia says it has captured 5 villages in northeast Ukraine
By VASILISA STEPANENKO and EVGENIY MALOLETKA (Associated Press) VOVCHANSK, Ukraine (AP) — Moscow’s forces captured five villages in a renewed ground assault in northeastern Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry said …
Russian drones set a Black Sea hotel ablaze in Ukraine
By SUSIE BLANN (Associated Press) KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian drones early Sunday struck the Black Sea city of Mykolaiv, setting a hotel ablaze and damaging energy infrastructure, Ukrainian officials …
Russia renews attacks on Ukrainian energy sector; Kyiv launches drones
By ILLIA NOVIKOV (Associated Press) KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched a barrage of missiles against Ukraine overnight, in attacks that appeared to target the country’s energy infrastructure. Meanwhile, Russia …
Biden signs $95 billion war aid measure with assistance for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan
By AAMER MADHANI and SEUNG MIN KIM WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden signed into law on Wednesday a $95 billion war aid measure that includes assistance for Ukraine, Israel and …
To pass Ukraine aid, ‘Reagan Republican’ leaders in Congress navigated a party transformed by Trump – The Mercury News
By STEPHEN GROVES and MARY CLARE JALONICK WASHINGTON — For Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Mike Johnson, the necessity of providing Ukraine with weapons and other aid …
Ukrainian and Western leaders laud US aid package
By Samya Kullab and Elise Morton | Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian and Western leaders on Sunday welcomed a desperately needed aid package passed by the U.S. House of …