An audio recording of former President Donald Trump in 2021 discussing what he called a “highly confidential” document about Iran that he acknowledged he could not declassify because he was out of office appears to contradict his recent assertion that the material he was referring to was simply news clippings.
Time is growing short for Ukraine’s military backers to gather vast quantities of new equipment and move it along supply lines that are fast becoming overwhelmed with shipments Kyiv awaits as it plans to launch a spring counteroffensive against entrenched Russian forces, senior U.S. officials said.
WASHINGTON: The billions of United States dollars in new arms for Ukraine announced this month including British tanks, American fighting vehicles, and howitzers from Denmark and Sweden are testament to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s failure to split the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies after nearly a year of war. But small yet significant fractures are getting too big to hide.
While most former Soviet republics have maintained good relations with Russia, Ukraine has, in recent years, believed that it has the political resilience and economic clout to seek substantial changes in its ties with Russia. It has done so under the leadership of its young and charismatic Presiden