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Pentagon fell short in tracking $1 billion in Ukraine aid, IG finds
A Pentagon Inspector General report found that the Defense Department has not complied with enhanced tracking requirements for $1 billion in Ukraine aid.
US considers boost to security aid for Ukraine, says Blinken
Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the U.S. will consider Ukraine’s expected request to buy American missile defense systems and other weaponry in the wake of a Russian military buildup on its border.
By Joe Gould
Russia orders troop pullback but keeps weapons near Ukraine
The U.S. and NATO have said the Russian buildup near Ukraine was the largest since 2014, when Russia annexed Crimea.
Driver in 2019 crash that killed 7 members of JarHeads Motorcycle Club had drug problem
The pickup truck driver told police after his arrest he had used both heroin and cocaine the morning of the crash.
Lessons for the US military from the Russian invasion of Ukraine
There are “plenty of military lessons” for the U.S. in Ukraine, which has been fighting the Russian military for six years.
By Howard Altman
After Trump impeachment, US lawmakers stress unity on Ukraine military aid
Instead of being the “chessboard” where other countries compete, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy wants his country to be a player in its own right.
By Joe Gould
Ukraine: Recordings show Iran knew jetliner hit by a missile
A leaked recording of an exchange between an Iranian air-traffic controller and an Iranian pilot purports to show that authorities immediately knew a missile had downed a Ukrainian jetliner after takeoff from Tehran, killing all 176 people aboard, despite days of denials by the Islamic Republic.
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press
Op-ed: Iran must come clean about the passenger jet it shot down
The author makes the case for a transparent international investigation to figure out what Iran did wrong, and why.
By Capt. Lawrence Brennan (retired)
Op-ed: Trump upended the long history of US investment in Ukraine’s democracy
The professor believes the president of the United States has dangerously undermined Ukrainian national security.
By Matthew Pauly, Michigan State University
Ukraine aid delay irked lawmakers for weeks, but Trump told some about ‘quid pro quo,’ says HASC chair
As President Trump held Ukraine military aid, lawmakers say they were kept in the dark.
By Joe Gould
Ukrainian president: Trump didn’t use US military aid as lever
Ukraine’s president said Tuesday that no one explained to him why millions of dollars in U.S. military aid to his country was delayed, dismissing suggestions that President Donald Trump froze the funding to pressure Ukraine to investigate Democratic rival Joe Biden.
By Angela Charlton, The Associated Press