KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Employees from a Ukrainian arms firm conspired with defense ministry officials to embezzle almost $40 million earmarked to buy 100,000 mortar shells for the war with Russia, Ukraine's security service reported.
A $106 billion supplemental package was floated by President Biden last October that included $61.4 billion in military aid to Ukraine and $14.3 billion for Israel, as well as $13.6 billion for US border enforcement.
Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Water's record label is planning to part ways with the musician following inflammatory comments regarding Israel and Ukraine in recent months, according to reports.
Russian-backed leaders in the occupied Luhansk region claimed Ukraine struck the Adriatic Restaurant in the city of Lysychansk on Saturday with the US-supplied shell.
Senators on Sunday released a highly anticipated $118 billion package that pairs border enforcement policy with wartime aid for Ukraine, Israel and other US allies.
Republican lawmakers have been trying to tie a fix for the border crisis to aid for Ukraine and Israel, but it's clear the effort has failed its intended purpose.
The months-in-the-making Senate “compromise” on border/migrant/asylum policy that was supposed to include major Democratic concessions as the price of OK’ing aid for Ukraine and Israel.
A sprawling national security supplemental advanced in the Senate Thursday after a version of the bill with border got shot down a day prior in a chaotic scene.
Ukraine accused Russia on Friday of using toxic chemicals in more than 200 attacks on the battlefield in January alone, a sharp increase in what it said were recorded instances of their use by Russian forces.
Some Republicans on Capitol Hill, however, argue that the US can’t afford to keep funding Ukraine’s war effort, especially when the US is grappling with a border crisis of its own.
Kharkiv has been under attack regularly since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and has been a frequent target of Russian assaults in recent weeks.
Defense Minister Sergie Shoigu said during a tour of a drone production facilities that Russia had beefed up its manufacturing capacity for the weapons.