In 2024, oil refineries and fuel depots on Russian territory and in occupied areas of Ukraine were attacked at least 81 times. Most of the strikes targeted oil facilities in southern Russia, according to the Russian BBC agency.
The U.S. is set to provide Ukraine an additional $500 million in weapons quickly pulled from its existing stockpiles as the Biden administration works to get Kyiv in a stronger negotiating position before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
The attack was the latest effort to inflict pain on Russia even as Kyiv is losing ground on the battlefield at home.
The Biden administration is set to announce a massive, final weapons aid package for Ukraine as part of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s visit to Germany this week to meet with representatives of abou
The reported weapons package for Ukraine, expected Thursday, coincides with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's visit to Germany.
The Biden administration is set to announce a massive, final weapons aid package for Ukraine as part of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s visit to Germany on Thursday to
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III will depart Washington, D.C., today to travel to Ramstein Air Base, Germany, where he will host the 25th
Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump have said they hope to end the war in 2025, nearly three years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion.
Ukraine says it hit an oil depot inside Russia that served a strategic air base in the southern Saratov region in what appears to have been a strike with Ukrainian weapons.
Participants aim to define Ukraine's defence capabilities to support deterrence forces until 2027 during the upcoming 25th meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group (UDCG) at the Ramstein Air Base in Germany on 9 January.
Defense officials speaking to the Associated Press said the upcoming aid package, scheduled to be announced on Jan. 9, will draw from existing stockpiles with the intent of delivering most of the pledged weapons to Ukraine before Trump takes office.
Dozens of partner countries will participate in the meeting of the Ramstein group at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, Ukraine's president says, and he will press for aid.