Two days after a conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. President Joe Biden held talks with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky on Dec. 9 to discuss possible full-scale military action by Russia against Ukraine as the current tensions show no sign of abating. “Ukraine’s head of state
The U.S. House of Representatives approved the 2022 annual defense spending bill, which includes $300 million in aid for Ukraine, on Dec. 7. The total budget amount is $770 billion. The Senate is due to vote on the bill later this week. The move comes a day after U.
The Dec. 7 video call between U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin, was anticipated as a likely turning point for the looming threat of a large-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. The talks concluded without definitive resolutions or commitments from either side. Biden warned that if Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden warned his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that the U.S. and its allies "would respond with strong economic and other measures" against Moscow if it launches a military escalation against Ukraine. The two leaders held a two-hour-long video conference on Dec. 7 to discuss the
The U.S. and its European allies are preparing a set of ‘significant and severe’ sanctions in the event Russia does invade Ukraine, several media outlets including Politico reported on Dec. 6-7. Amidst a buildup of nearly 100,000 Russian troops on Ukraine’s borders and in occupied territories, U.
