Hungary blocks vote on European Union's $54 billion Ukraine aid package - CBS News

Friday, December 15, 2023

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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...

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Does Ukraine aid bolster US national security? Biden makes his case. - The Christian Science Monitor

Wednesday, December 13, 2023

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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...

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Ukraine’s counteroffensive ran into a new reality of war - Washington Post

Thursday, December 7, 2023

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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...

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