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As the Ukraine war enters its second year, the Biden administration is pledging to support Kyiv for “as long as it takes.” That language is calculated to send a message of resolve to Russian President Vladimir Putin, but it’s not what Ukrainians want to hear. Though they’re fighting valiantly, Ukrainians are also...
Russia withdraws its participation from the last remaining nuclear treaty with the US.
William Taylor, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, talks about the conflict as fighting nears the one-year mark.
When CBS News correspondent Charlie D’Agata finished a recent report about Ukrainian and Russian troops fighting “close enough to throw grenades” on the front lines in eastern Ukraine, morning show co-host Gayle King sought to put things in perspective — and may have inadvertently spoken for...
Not long after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine, a year ago this week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky found himself in a safe room beneath Kyiv’s government complex with the voice of the Belarusian president booming over the phone. Alexander Lukashenko, one of the Kremlin’s key...
As the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine nears, there are continuing questions about how far Putin will go and how long the war could last. Former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine William B. Taylor and former U.S. ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul discuss the critical months ahead and Western...
Retired US Air Force Col. Cedric Leighton and former US ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor weigh in on President Vladimir Putin's declaration that he is suspending Russia's participation in the New START nuclear arms reduction treaty.
President Biden has vowed U.S. support for Ukraine in a speech in Warsaw on Tuesday. Vladimir Putin and his regime’s response, as the war of Russian aggression against Ukraine continues, are analyzed by Jason Johnson in for Joy Reid and our panel.
With the war in Ukraine entering its second year, China is weighing whether to dramatically escalate the conflict by supplying Russia with arms, U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said. Blinken told media outlets over the weekend that the Chinese government is considering providing Russia with both...
A grass-roots coalition of Syrian families and advocacy groups has been lobbying United Nations member states and Secretary-General António Guterres to create an international system to help families across Syria learn the status of their missing relatives who have been arbitrarily detained, forcibly disappeared or...