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US says Russia is violating key nuclear arms control agreement

CNN -- Russia is violating a key nuclear arms control agreement with the United States and continuing to refuse to allow inspections of its nuclear facilities, a State Department...

Russia’s deputy foreign minister says talks with Ukraine are “pointless” after US agreed to send tanks

Josh Pennington and Jake Kwon, CNN January 30, 2023

CNN— The decision by the United States and NATO allies to send tanks to Ukraine has made it "pointless" for Moscow to engage in any talks with Kyiv, Russia's deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov told...

Russian teen faces years in jail over social media post criticizing war in Ukraine

Uliana Pavlova, CNN January 29, 2023

CNN -- Olesya Krivtsova sports an anti-Putin tattoo on one ankle and a bracelet that tracks her every move on the other. The 19-year-old from Russia’s Arkhangelsk region must wear the device while...

Russia strikes Ukraine’s cities hours after Western countries pledge tanks to Kyiv

Rob Picheta, CNN January 26, 2023

Ukraine has urged the West to get military hardware into the hands of its troops as quickly as possible, as Russia fired missiles toward Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities just hours after Germany and the US...

Germany and US announce plans to send tanks to Ukraine in major sign of support for Kyiv

 CNN— The leaders of the United States and Germany each announced Wednesday they will send contingents of tanks to Ukraine, reversing their longstanding trepidation at providing Kyiv with offensive...

Germany set to send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, Der Spiegel reports

Lauren Kent, Mick Krever and Rob Picheta, CNN January 24, 2023

CNN -- Germany is set to send its sought-after Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine to help bolster the country’s war effort, Der Spiegel reported on Tuesday evening, attributing to...

A Leopard 2 A7 main battle tank is seen at a military training area in Munster, northern Germany (file photo).
Patrik Stollarz/AFP/Getty Images

Why Germany is struggling to stomach the idea of sending tanks to Ukraine

Luke McGee, CNN January 21, 2023

CNN-- The past 12 months has forced European leaders to seriously rethink their approach to national security. If Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has confirmed one thing, it’s that peace on the continent...

Biden sends condolences to Ukraine following helicopter crash

Betsy Klein, CNN January 18, 2023

CNN — US President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden in a statement Wednesday expressed their “deepest condolences” following the helicopter crash that killed at least 14 people in Ukraine. “Jill...

Ukraine President submits ‘accelerated’ NATO application in light of Russian annex rumors

Associated Press September 30, 2022

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president says his country is submitting an “accelerated” application to join the NATO military alliance. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's statement Friday came...

Senate passes stopgap bill to avert shutdown, aid Ukraine

Kevin Freking, Associated Press September 29, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate passed a short-term spending bill on Thursday that would avert a partial government shutdown when the current fiscal year ends at midnight Friday and provide another infusion...

KSU Ukraine Humanitarian Aid group sends medical kits to Ukraine

Jesse Khalil, Reporter May 1, 2022

The KSU Ukraine Humanitarian Aid group, founded by graduate student Lydia Lisowsky and her cousin, alumnus Paul Jatsyshyn, hosted a packaging event in the Kent State Ballroom Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3...