1+ week, 6+ day ago   (238+ words) Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said Ukraine requires “more air defense” in its war against Russia. “Putin is a mob thug," Blumenthal told CBS News's Margaret Brennan during the senator's "Face the Nation" appearance, referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin. “And…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (239+ words) OSLO, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Norway plans to give another 85 billion Norwegian crowns ($9.2 billion) in financial support to Ukraine in the 2027 fiscal year, in line with the amount given in 2026, the Nordic country's government said in a statement on Sunday. Norwegian Prime…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (116+ words) BRUSSELS, Aug 24 (Reuters) - The European Commission on Monday approved a further €6.1 billion ($7.12 billion) in financial aid for Ukraine to procure new defence systems, such as air defence, missiles, ammunition and radars. The EU said this latest aid package came on…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (449+ words) Former Vice President Mike Pence and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday stressed the importance of Ukraine having the capabilities to deter Russian ballistic missile strikes. During an interview on NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday,” Pence said Russian forces have “shifted…...

3+ week, 10+ hour ago   (453+ words) A senior Russian banker has been sacked after telling a public meeting that Russia is losing the “war of attrition” in Ukraine. Andrei Klepach, the chief economist at state-owned lender Vnesheconombank (VEB), was fired after the bank’s bosses received a…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (651+ words) KYIV, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Alternative grain export routes from Ukraine will reach required capacity at the end of August at the earliest, its agriculture minister said, warning they would cover only half of volumes handled by Black Sea ports disrupted by…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (531+ words) The chief economist of a Russian state development bank has been fired after reportedly drawing comparisons between Russia’s present day economy with the 1917 revolution. Andrei Klepach, one of Russia's most prominent macroeconomists who worked for VEB, made the remarks to…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (483+ words) Russia’s top banker has called on Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine, warning that the four-year-old conflict is dragging the country into economic collapse. German Gref, head of the state-controlled Sberbank, said ordinary Russians are increasingly feeling the…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (782+ words) A "massive" Ukrainian drone and missile strike on Russia's port of Novorossiysk has damaged two major grain export terminals and hit the last big Russian naval base on the Black Sea, reports say. Three people, including an eight-year-old child, were…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (522+ words) LONDON, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Russian state development bank VEB has fired its chief economist over remarks in which he said the country was falling behind the West and China and suffering mounting economic damage from the war in Ukraine, two sources…...