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May 9, 2022

Biden calls on Congress to 'immediately' pass Ukraine aid bill, says COVID funding will 'move separately'

President Biden on Monday urged Congress to “immediately” pass the “urgent” $33 billion proposal to provide military, economic and humanitarian assistance to Ukraine, while saying he is “prepared to accept” that measure and a COVID funding package will “move separately” so that the Ukrainian aid bill can get to his desk “right away.”

May 9, 2022

Protests in Russia take interesting twists

Drawings in Akademgorodok, Siberia, depict bodies from Bucha, Ukraine, where massacres of civilians recently took place.

May 9, 2022

A nuclear Iran would unleash a nightmare in the Middle East

European officials are desperate to salvage the Iran deal, no matter the costs, groveling at the feet of Iran in an attempt to break through the current negotiation deadlock. 

May 9, 2022

Retired Russian colonel admits Putin’s army needs to ‘replenish the losses’ suffered in Ukraine

A video has emerged purportedly showing retired Russian Col. Mikhail Khodaryonok admitting on state television that his country needs to “replenish the losses in terms of personnel, weapons and equipment” that it has suffered in the war in Ukraine.

May 9, 2022

Ukrainian Americans attempt to bring relatives to US, Mexico

Twice daily, Yuliya Day reaches out by phone from Los Angeles to see how her mother and aunt are doing in the attic they’ve rented in Warsaw.

May 9, 2022

Zelenskyy runs circles around Putin's May 9 Russia Victory Day celebrations

Putin’s Russia is going down the drain. Even the May 9 parade was a fizzle. On the Victory Day celebrations, Russia lost hands down to Zelenskyy and Ukraine.

May 9, 2022

Russian ambassador to Poland doused with red paint while trying to celebrate Putin's 'Victory Day'

Protestors poured red paint on Russia's ambassador to Poland

May 9, 2022

Zelenskyy says war will end 'very soon' during World War II speech, Ukraine will celebrate 'two Victory Days'

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gave a speech Monday morning commemorating the 77th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, drawing several parallels between Germany in the 1940s and Russia today.

May 9, 2022

Bomb-sniffing Jack Russell Terrier awarded service medal by Ukraine's Zelenskyy

Patron, a Jack Terrier in Ukraine, was awarded a service medal Sunday by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The president awarded the dog for assisting the country’s military in clearing mines and explosive equipment.

May 9, 2022

Putin accuses the West of backing threats of 'nuclear war,' provoking Ukraine conflict

Russian President Vladimir Putin condemned the West in his Victory Day speech Monday at the Kremlin, claiming that the U.S. and other countries had propped up a “threat” on Russia's borders and had even supported threats of nuclear war against the Kremlin.