Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky blasts the UN during a speech in Japan for not being able to impose the resolutions it passed during Russia’s invasion properly.

Longtime Putin Adviser and Russian climate envoy Anatoly Chubais has quit his job and left Russia citing his opposition to the war in Ukraine.

In recent estimates, around 40,000 Russian troops have either been killed, wounded, missing, taken as prisoners by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. NATO forces are also now on “heightened alert” following aggressive rhetoric from Russia.

The Russian forces are accused of abducting about 2,500 Ukrainian children from Donetsk and Luhansk and deporting them to Russia as refugees.

The Russian forces are being repelled and pushed back by the Ukrainians in several key cities and areas as they suffer from frostbite due to not having cold-weather gear.

The US is reportedly sending a number of its secretly purchased Soviet air defense equipment to Ukraine to bolster its air defense capacity.

Retired United States Navy Pilot Adrian Kellgren, the owner of KelTec, donated 400 semi-automatic rifles to Ukraine to help Ukrainians fight off the Russian onslaught.

President Biden, along with other US officials, warned Russia that there would be a “severe” and “significant reaction” from the US if it were to use chemical and biological weapons in Ukraine.

US officials confirmed that the Russians had used the hypersonic aero-ballistic air-to-surface Kinzhal “Dagger” missile in Ukraine.

The Patriot air defense systems from Germany and the Netherlands have started to arrive in Slovakia to bolster the alliance’s eastern flank amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The Russian forces demanded that Ukraine surrender Mariupol in exchange for the safe passage of Ukrainians out of the city. The Ukrainian government angrily rejected the offer.

Read our latest thoughts on what is going on in Ukraine today, from Ukraine going over to the offensive, to Russia losing another two flag rank officers in the last two days.