Russia-Ukraine crisis

As Ukraine aid falters in the Senate, Biden signals …

President Joe Biden delivers remarks on funding for Ukraine from the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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US files war crime charges against Russians accused of …

Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks with reporters during a news conference at the Department of Justice, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, in Washington, with from left, Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri of the Criminal Division, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, FBI Director Christopher Wray and U.S. Attorney Jessica Aber for the Eastern District of Virginia. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

White House urges Congress to act quickly on Ukraine aid

US is running out of money for Ukraine and that could …

FILE - Office of Management and Budget director Shalanda Young speaks about the possible government shutdown during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. On Monday, Dec. 4, Young sent Congress an urgent warning about the need to approve tens of billions of dollars in military and economic assistance to Ukraine, saying that Kyiv's war effort to defend itself from Russia's invasion may grind to a halt without it. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Russia says it downed dozens of Ukrainian drones headed …

People walk and take photos on a street closed for cars at dusk in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Putin’s first prime minister and later his opponent has …

FILE - Former Russian Prime Minister, and one of opposition leaders, Mikhail Kasyanov, center, attends a march in memory of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov in Moscow, Russia, on Feb. 24, 2019. Russia's Justice Ministry on Friday, Nov. 24, 2023, added Mikhail Kasyanov, who was President Vladimir Putin's first prime minister but then became one of his opponents, to its register of “foreign agents.”Russian law allows for figures and organizations receiving money or support from outside the country to be designated as foreign agents, a term whose pejorative connotations could undermine the designee's credibility. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

US Defense Secretary Austin meets with Zelenskyy in Kyiv …

A woman sings the national anthem of Ukraine during a demonstration in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023. People gathered to protest against corruption and demand the reallocation of public funds to the Armed Forces. (AP Photo/Alex Babenko)

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Record Russian budget will boost defense spending

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a video celebrating the anniversary of the referendum called illegal by the U.N. in four Ukrainian regions one year ago, in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Russia ramps up attacks on key cities in eastern …

A servicewomen cries as she lays flowers to commemorate those killed in the war, as the city marks one year since Ukraine retook the city of Kherson from occupying Russian forces in Kherson, Ukraine, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Ukrainian missile strike damages Russian ship

A soldier of the Ukraine's National Guard 1st brigade Bureviy (Hurricane) ride an APC during combat training at a military training ground in the north of Ukraine Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

2 more killed as Russian artillery keeps on battering …

Two men look up to a replica of a warplane at the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

U.S. military and diplomatic leaders urge a divided …

An anti-war activist shouts in protest as Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin make the case to the Senate Appropriations Committee that the United States should immediately send aid to Israel and Ukraine, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

War-weary mothers, wives and children of Ukrainian …

Relatives of soldiers hold a poster reading "Soldiers need terms of service" while attending a meeting on Independence square in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. Families of Ukrainian servicemen gathered to demand their loved ones return home after serving 18 months in the military as the war with Russia nears its second year. (AP Photo/Alex Babenko)

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