Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba insisted on Wednesday that NATO allies are showing no sign of war fatigue and remain committed to helping Ukraine defend itself against Russia and take back occupied territory.
Former President Donald Trump will surrender and be arraigned in front of a New York City court on Tuesday. Finland became the 31st member of NATO on Tuesday in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Forecasters are warning of more severe weather Tuesday and Wednesday in parts of the South.
The head of NATO expressed his worry that the fighting in Ukraine could spin out of control and become a war between Russia and NATO, according to an interview released Friday. Democratic Sentator Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona announced Friday that she has registered as an independent, a move that could bolster her political brand but won’t upend the Democrats’ narrow senate majority. Sinema says she will not caucus with Republicans. A rash of COVID-19 cases in schools and businesses were reported Friday in areas across China after the ruling Communist party loosened anti-virus rules as it tries to reverse a deepening economic slump. Sam Larson has today’s News in :90.
The Mississippi River water level is at an all-time low of 3.5 feet, which the area hasn’t seen since 1988. Experts from Ukraine have joined Polish and American investigators who are looking into a missile blast that killed two men in eastern Poland this week. Twitter continued to bleed engineers and other workers after new owner Elon Musk gave them a choice to pledge to “extremely hardcore” work or resign with severance pay. Cam Kauffman has today’s News in :90.
A Russian missile barrage on the Ukrainian power grid sent the war spilling over into neighboring countries Tuesday, hitting NATO member Poland and cutting electricity to much of Moldova.
Russia stepped up its bombardment of Kyiv on Tuesday, smashing apartments and a subway station, while civilians in 2,000 cars fled Mariupol along a humanitarian corridor in what was believed to be the biggest evacuation yet from the desperately besieged seaport.
In a dramatic escalation of East-West tensions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin ordered Russian nuclear forces put on high alert Sunday in response to what he called “aggressive statements” by leading NATO powers.
The Biden administration announced Friday that it will move to freeze the assets of President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, following the European Union and Britain in directly sanctioning top Russian leadership.
Russian troops bore down on Ukraine’s capital Friday, with gunfire and explosions resonating ever closer to the government quarter, in an invasion of a democratic country that has fueled fears of wider war in Europe and triggered worldwide efforts to make Russia stop.
Russia launched a wide-ranging attack on Ukraine on Thursday, hitting cities and bases with airstrikes or shelling, as civilians piled into trains and cars to flee. Ukraine’s government said Russian tanks and troops rolled across the border in a “full-scale war” that could rewrite the geopolitical order and whose fallout already reverberated around the world.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday announced a military operation in Ukraine and warned other countries that any attempt to interfere with the Russian action would lead to “consequences they have never seen.”
Russia began evacuating its embassy in Kyiv, and Ukraine urged its citizens to leave Russia on Wednesday as the region braced for further confrontation after President Vladimir Putin received authorization to use military force outside his country and the West responded with sanctions.
Russian President President Vladimir Putin has recognized the independence of separatist regions in eastern Ukraine — a move that will severely ratchet up tensions with the West amid fears that his country could invade Ukraine at any moment and use skirmishes as a pretext for an attack.
St. Paul public works will undergo a two-day plow operation for the residential streets of St. Paul and President Donald Trump criticized Democrats at the opening of a NATO leaders’ meeting Tuesday. Ad/PR representative McKenzie Hickey has today’s News in :90.
Elizabeth Warren came under attack by rivals accusing her of ducking questions related to her campaign policies, Turkey’s invasion of northern Syria is close to sparking a crisis at the world’s biggest military alliance, and Vice President of Student Affairs Karen Lange spoke to the general council and reported 18 clubs were funded at the undergraduate student government general council meeting. Columnist Kayla Mayer has today’s News in :90.
