CIA confirms possibility of Chinese lethal aid to Russia
CIA Director Bill Burns said that U.S. intelligence is confident that Chinese leadership is considering providing lethal aid to Russia in its war against Ukraine.
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CIA Director Bill Burns said that U.S. intelligence is confident that Chinese leadership is considering providing lethal aid to Russia in its war against Ukraine.
President Biden said in Europe earlier this week that more sanctions were coming.
"We endured," President Zelenksyy told his nation. "And we will do everything to gain victory this year."
Americans across nearly 10,000 zip codes in all 50 states have applied to sponsor Ukrainians displaced by the Russian invasion of their homeland.
Federal documents say the items were transferred to the National Archives, a requirement for any gift to a U.S. official valued at more than $415.
The U.S. has recently accused Russia of non-compliance with the treaty, which limits each country to no more than 1,550 deployed nuclear warheads.
"Ukraine will never be a victory for Russia — never," the president told a crowd of 30,000 in Warsaw.
On a surprise visit, Mr. Biden vowed to "reaffirm our unwavering and unflagging commitment to Ukraine's democracy, sovereignty, and territorial integrity."
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that Beijing may provide weapons, and confirmed Chinese companies are giving non-lethal support to the Russian effort.
The first year of its invasion has been a debacle for Russia. But despite staggering losses, experts say Putin will fight on – while Ukrainian forces use up munitions as fast as Western countries can supply them.
The latest attack, again aimed at Ukraine's energy infrastructure, came as Belarus and Russia indicated Ukrainian ordnance had landed on their soil.
Artist Gerry Hofstetter is known for projecting massive pictures onto mountains and monuments around the world. For Christmas he brought his own generator to Ukraine. He spent the holiday projecting images of hope on buildings.
CBS News foreign policy and national security contributor H.R. McMaster joined Errol Barnett and Aziza Schuler to discuss what's at stake for Ukraine as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy travels to Washington to meet with President Biden and address Congress.
The WNBA star, who returned to the U.S. last week after a prisoner swap with Russia, shared photos of herself walking off the jet and embracing her wife, Cherelle.
Her plane landed in San Antonio, Texas. Griner was freed from Russia in exchange for notorious international arms dealer Viktor Bout.
Russian President Vladimir Putin says more U.S.-Russian prisoner exchanges are possible after Griner-Bout trade.
The Russian arms dealer has been released from U.S. prison in a one-for-one swap to free WNBA star Brittney Griner, a U.S. official confirmed.
Her attorneys said they visited Griner earlier this week at the labor camp.
Biden told reporters that it was "unlikely" the missile had been fired from Russia, based on its trajectory.
The vast network of labor camps was inherited by modern Russia: They used to be the Soviet Union's gulags, and there's little sign they improved since then.
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said that the four short-range missiles fired from a western coastal area around noon flew about 130 kilometers (80 miles) toward the country's western sea.
"We are told she's doing as well as can be expected under the circumstances," White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said.
Officials say at least 8 people were killed across the country as the latest barrage of explosives-laden drones hit energy infrastructure and civilian homes.
President Biden said Putin was "not joking when he talks about the potential use of tactical nuclear weapons, or biological or chemical weapons."
In a move that could drive up gas prices, the oil cartel will cut production by 2 million barrels per day starting in November.
