Dale Butland holds advanced degrees in international affairs and worked for the late Sen. John Glenn, who served on the Senate Foreign Relations, Intelligence and Armed Services Committees.

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Donald Trump told Volodymyr Zelenskiy by phone on Wednesday that the best way to secure defense measures for Ukraine’s energy sector was to transfer its nuclear power plants to U.S. companies. This is ...

Vladimir Putin will break any peace agreement with Ukraine that is not "defended" by an international coalition of forces, the British prime minister has said. Sir Keir Starmer was talking on ...

A State Department spokesperson said Thursday that Ukraine and Russia are “just a breath away from a full ceasefire” after three years of war. “We are just a breath away from a full ...

Ukraine launched a major long-range strike on a key military airbase deep inside Russia that houses nuclear-capable bombers. In the early hours of Thursday, a swarm of drones hit the Engels base ...

Since it launched its full-scale invasion, Russia has captured the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant and the now-destroyed Kakhovka hydroelectric power station-- two of Ukraine's largest ...

Russian authorities have declared a local state of emergency in the Saratov region after a Ukrainian drone left an airfield at a military base engulfed in flames. The Russian-led Engels base ...

Donald Trump began his conversation with Vladimir Putin with a simple demand: a 30-day ceasefire on land, sea and air which Ukraine has already signed up to, as an initial measure on which to ...

When Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered up to 200,000 soldiers into Ukraine, his aim was to sweep into the capital, Kyiv, in a matter of days. He wanted to overthrow the pro-Western ...

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Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a briefing in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, March 15, 2025 ...