Friday, December 8, 2023
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Experts from the U.S. Institute of Peace provide the latest analysis and perspective on the world’s critical hot spots, U.S. and global security and issues involved in violent conflict, based on the Institute’s work on the ground and with key individuals, governments and organizations. They give interviews and background briefings to journalists and write for news outlets around the world.
Putin Condemns Ukraine for Deadly Attack - News Nation's Morning in America
Putin condemns Ukraine for deadly attack.
State Department Beefs Up U.S. Diplomatic Presence in Kyiv - Foreign Policy
The U.S. State Department is planning to send several dozen diplomats to the overstretched U.S. Embassy in Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv and to give officials more flexibility...
Ex-Ukraine ambassador on 2 years of war - Fox Live Now
Ukrainians are marking two years since the Russian invasion of Ukraine that launched the war. William Taylor, former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine joined LiveNOW from FOX's Josh Breslow to discuss the war.
2-year anniversary of Russia's war in Ukraine - Fox 5
It's now been two years since Russian troops moved into Ukraine. Since then, Russia has failed to capture Kyiv, take control of the Ukrainian government.
Meet the Press NOW with Kristen Welker - NBC News
U.K. Foreign Secretary David Cameron urges Congress to pass aid to Ukraine aid. Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor details the state of the war as Russia’s invasion enters its third year.
‘Putin can still be crushed’: Russia’s invasion two years on | Ukraine: The Latest at the US Embassy - the Telegraph
Jane Hartley, America’s ambassador to the UK opened the event, saying: “The United States and our allies continue to have one goal in mind: to see that Ukraine wins this war.”
Hungary blocks vote on European Union's $54 billion Ukraine aid package - CBS News
Thursday night, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban blocked a European Union vote on a $54 billion aid package for Ukraine. The move came after leaders agreed to officially begin negotiations for Ukraine to join the European Union. BBC News reporter Sofia Bettiza has the details on the vote. And former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor joined CBS News to discuss the relationship between...
Does Ukraine aid bolster US national security? Biden makes his case. - The Christian Science Monitor
Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, President Joe Biden has argued that aiding Ukraine in its war with one of America’s chief adversaries is a bargain enhancing U.S. national security. And for over a year, to the tune of about $75 billion in military and economic assistance, the national security argument worked – both in public opinion and in Congress. But no more. As the war has hit a stalemate...
Zelenskyy ‘focused’ and ‘concerned’ during private conversations in D.C. - NBC News
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor joins Meet the Press NOW ahead of President Biden and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy’s joint press conference amid the stalemate in Washington over aid to...
Ukraine’s counteroffensive ran into a new reality of war - Washington Post
As winter comes to Kyiv, Ukrainian and U.S. commanders are making cold and unsentimental assessments of the lessons of the summer’s failed counteroffensive against Russian forces. The stalled counteroffensive was a signal that the war in Ukraine is deadlocked. Drones and other high-tech weapons have made Ukrainian and Russian tanks largely obsolete. In this conflict, it’s now clear that...