Russia + Ukraine

A Ukrainian tank fires in Chasiv Yar, the site of battles with the Russian troops in the Donetsk re...
Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL.com

Utah Sen. Mike Lee rallying Senate to kill foreign aid bill for Ukraine, Israel

Sen. Mike Lee has repeatedly criticized efforts to send further military and economic aid to Ukraine.
5 hours ago
Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.S, Oksana Markarova, speaking with different Utah leaders while visit...
BY ERIN COX KSLTV.com

Ambassador of Ukraine to U.S. meets with Utah state and church leaders

For the first time, Oksana Markarova, Ukrainian Ambassador to the US, paid Utah a visit. It’s a connection that’s been years in the making.
11 days ago
Ukrainian family in Utah...
Amie Schaeffer

Ukrainian, now living in Utah reflects on 2 years of war

A family from Ukraine moved to Utah after the war began. Anton and his wife Valentyna are Ukrainian nationals who met while attending UVU.
29 days ago
Smoke rises above the burning Crocus City Hall concert venue following a reported shooting and blas...
By Mariya Knight, Anna Chernova and Darya Tarasova

ISIS claims responsibility for attack in busy Moscow-area concert venue that left at least 40 dead

ISIS has claimed responsibility for an attack at a popular concert venue complex near Moscow Friday that left at least 40 dead and more than 100 wounded after assailants stormed the venue with guns and incendiary devices.
1 month ago
a wrecked apartment in Ukraine is shown, Putin says Russian forces aim to set up a buffer zone insi...
Associated Press

With the election behind him, Putin says Russian forces aim to set up a buffer zone inside Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke at a news conference after the release of election returns that showed him securing a fifth six-year term.
1 month ago
A member of Ukraine's 72nd Brigade Anti-air unit points to the direction of a Russian Zala reconnai...
TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR, Associated Press

Pentagon to rush $300 million in weapons to Ukraine

It's the Pentagon's first announced security package for Ukraine since December, when it acknowledged it was out of replenishment funds.
1 month ago
Former president Donald Trump, Manhattan trial...
MICHAEL R. SISAK

With trial starting next month, Manhattan DA asks judge for a gag order in Trump’s hush-money case

The Manhattan DA's office asked that Trump be barred from making or directing others to make public statements about people involved in the case.
2 months ago
Soldiers carry the coffin of Ukrainian poet and serviceman Maksym Kryvtsov who was killed in action...
Stephanie Halasz and Ivana Kottasová, CNN

Zelensky warns ‘millions will be killed’ without US aid to Kyiv, as Ukrainian troop deaths reach at least 31,000

“Millions” could die in Ukraine’s war with Russia if US lawmakers don’t approve President Joe Biden’s $60 billion aid request.
2 months ago
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) and U.S. President Joe Biden shake hands while meeting i...
LISA MASCARO, AAMER MADHANI and STEPHEN GROVES

Zelenskyy pleads for Ukraine aid at Capitol and White House, says to US: Our fight is yours

As Zelenskyy wrapped up his two-day visit to Washington, it was unclear if he was able to shake up the political stalemate over aid.
4 months ago
A Ukraine serviceman uniform is seen during a celebration ceremony of the Independence Day at St. S...
Yulia Kesaieva and Benjamin Brown, CNN

Ukraine investigating if Russian troops killed surrendering soldiers

Ukrainian prosecutors are investigating whether Russian troops killed two Ukrainian service members after the pair had surrendered.
5 months ago
Finland's border guards walk at construction site of the border barrier fence between Finland and R...
Associated Press

Finland plans to close its entire border with Russia over migration concerns

The government of accuses Moscow of ushering the migrants toward the Finnish border.
5 months ago
the U.S. believes Kim is seeking sophisticated Russian weapons technologies in return for the munit...
AAMER MADHANI Associated Press

US says North Korea delivered 1,000 containers of equipment and munitions to Russia for Ukraine war

The White House says that North Korea has delivered military equipment to Russia for its ongoing war in Ukraine.
6 months ago
International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach, centre, speaks on the first day of the...
Associated Press

IOC suspends Russian Olympic Committee for incorporating Ukrainian sports regions

The Russian Olympic Committee has been suspended by the IOC for breaching the Olympic Charter by incorporating sports bodies in four regions in eastern Ukraine.
6 months ago
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko at the Eurasian Economic Forum on May 24, in Moscow, Russ...
Mariya Knight

US is pushing Russia ‘toward using’ nuclear weapons by arming Ukraine, Belarus leader says

 Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko says the United States is pushing Russia toward the use of nuclear weapons by continuing to arm Ukraine.
7 months ago
The Olenegorsky Gornyak warship stands moored at a harbour of Novorossiysk, Russia, Sunday, July 30...
Radina Gigova and Olya Voitovych, CNN

Ukraine claims commander of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet was killed in Sevastopol attack

As part of the attack on Sevastopol, Ukraine claims to have killed the commander of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, Admiral Viktor Sokolov.
7 months ago
Image of Ukraine's Head of the Office of the President Andriy Yermak, left, and Ukraine's Foreign M...
Olga Voitovych, Jessie Gretener and Tim Lister, CNN

Ukraine launches missile attack on Russia’s Black Sea Fleet headquarters in Crimea, official says

Over the past month, Ukraine has stepped up attacks on Russian military bases and other installations, including air defenses, in Crimea.
7 months ago
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, seen here on September 19, met on Wednesday in Manhattan wi...
Matt Egan

Zelensky meets with Wall Street CEOs and business leaders to discuss rebuilding Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was in New York on Wednesday evening and met with Wall Street CEOs and other business leaders.
7 months ago
A view through a train window showed the damage to the Kerch Bridge on July 17. Photo credit: Strin...
Christian Edwards

Why has Ukraine stepped up its strikes on occupied Crimea?

Ukraine has ramped up missile and drone strikes on occupied Crimea in recent weeks against Russian forces that annexed the peninsula in 2014.
7 months ago
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appears to be on a train heading to Russia, multiple South Korean m...
Jake Kwon, Gawon Bae, Jessie Yeung, Brad Lendon and Helen Regan

Armored train carrying Kim Jong Un at Russian border ahead of Putin meeting

(CNN) — Kim Jong Un’s heavily-armored private train has been geolocated at the Russian border ahead of an expected and closely-watched summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, amid warnings from the United States that the two leaders could strike an arms deal. It comes as South Korea’s Defense Ministry said it believes the North Korean leader entered […]
7 months ago
FILE - A Romanian Air Force F- 16s military fighter jet, left, and a Portuguese Air Force F- 16s mi...
Mark Jones

US to train Ukrainians to fly F-16s starting in October

Beginning in October, Ukrainian pilots will be taught how to fly F-16s in Arizona.
8 months ago
Image of a truck carrying part of a private jet that crashed near the village of Kuzhenkino, Tver r...
Associated Press

Kremlin denies role in plane crash believed to have killed Russian mercenary leader Prigozhin

A preliminary U.S. intelligence assessment concluded the plane was downed by an intentional explosion.
8 months ago
Speculation about Yevgeny Prigozhin’s eventual fate began soon after his march on Russia two mont...
Lauren Said-Moorhouse

Yevgeny Prigozhin would be latest in line of Putin critics who met an early death

Speculation about Yevgeny Prigozhin’s eventual fate began soon after his march on Russia two months ago.
8 months ago
Image taken from video showing smoke and flames rising from a crashed private jet near the village ...
Associated Press

US intelligence assessment determines intentionally caused explosion killed Wagner chief Prigozhin

The officials did not offer any details of what caused the explosion that was believed to have killed Prigozhin and several of his lieutenants
8 months ago
Image of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the chief of Russian mercenary group Wagner, who was listed among passe...
By Zahid Mahmood and Tara John, CNN

Mercenary chief who staged mutiny in Russia is listed as a passenger on a plane that crashed, state media says

The crash comes months after Prigozhin launched a mutiny against Russia’s military leadership, an unprecedented challenge to Russian President Putin.
8 months ago