Author: Lolita C. Baldor
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U.S. to send Ukraine longer-range bombs in latest turnaround
WASHINGTON • After months of agonizing, the U.S. has agreed to send longer-range bombs to Ukraine as it prepares to launch a spring offensive to retake territory Russia captured last year, U.S. officials said Thursday, confirming that the new weapons will have roughly double the range of any other offensive weapon provided by America. The…
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U.S. poised to approve Abrams tanks for Ukraine
WASHINGTON • In what would be a reversal, the Biden administration is poised to approve sending M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, U.S. officials said Tuesday, as international reluctance to send tanks to the battlefront against the Russians begins to erode. The decision could be announced as soon as Wednesday, though it could take months or…
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$2.5 billion aid sends Strykers, but no tanks, to Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will send 90 Stryker combat vehicles and an additional 59 Bradley fighting vehicles to Ukraine, in addition to hundreds of thousands of rounds of ammunition, the Pentagon announced on Thursday. It is the latest aid package timed to help Ukraine push back against Russia’s entrenched forward lines. The package, valued…
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Strykers, Bradleys likely in huge U.S. aid package for Ukraine
WASHINGTON • The U.S. is finalizing a massive package of military aid for Ukraine that U.S. officials say is likely to total as much as $2.6 billion. It’s expected to include for the first time nearly 100 Stryker combat vehicles and at least 50 Bradley armored vehicles to allow Ukrainian forces to move more quickly…
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U.S. to send $1.8B in aid, Patriot battery, to Ukraine
WASHINGTON • The U.S. will send $1.8 billion in military aid to Ukraine in a massive package that will for the first time include a Patriot missile battery and precision guided bombs for their fighter jets, U.S. officials said Tuesday, as the Biden administration prepares to welcome Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Washington. U.S. officials…
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3 Navy officers reprimanded in death of SEAL trainee
WASHINGTON • The Navy’s Special Warfare Command has reprimanded three officers in connection with the February death of a SEAL candidate who collapsed and died of acute pneumonia just hours after completing the grueling Hell Week test, according to Navy officials and a new report. Commanders did not directly blame the officers for the death…
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U.S. sending $1 billion more military aid to outgunned Ukraine
WASHINGTON • The U.S. announced it will send an additional $1 billion in military aid to Ukraine, as America and its allies provide longer-range weapons they say can make a difference in a fight where Ukrainian forces are outnumbered and outgunned by their Russian invaders. President Joe Biden and his top national security leaders said…
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What’s in the latest U.S. military package to Ukraine
WASHINGTON • As the war in Ukraine evolves, so do the needs of the Ukraine military. That’s the case U.S. officials are making as they explain the decision to a include a mobile rocket-launching system to help the Ukrainians fight the Russian assault in the country’s east. In the initial phase of the invasion, Ukraine…
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U.S. expected to send medium-range rocket systems to Ukraine
WASHINGTON • The Biden administration is expected to announce it will send Ukraine a small number of high-tech, medium-range rocket systems, a critical weapon that Ukrainian leaders have been begging for as they struggle to stall Russian progress in the Donbas region, U.S. officials said Tuesday. The U.S. plan tries to strike a balance between…
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Defense leaders say Russia learning from mistakes in Ukraine
WASHINGTON • The U.S. has learned a great deal about Russian military shortfalls and capabilities in the first two months of the war in Ukraine, Pentagon leaders told Congress on Tuesday. But they warned that Moscow is learning from its mistakes as the war shifts to a new phase, and that will shape the artillery…