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Russian attacks intensify in Ukraine; Zelenskyy again pleads for no-fly zone

KYIV, Ukraine — With Russian troops besieging cities in Ukraine’s south, spurring a humanitarian catastrophe even as they press their offensive around the capital, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that the strategic coastal city of Odesa would soon be under attack as he again urged Western countries to create a…

Los Angeles Times · Mar 6, 2022

Putin issues new threats on Ukraine; cease-fire quickly breaks down

KYIV, Ukraine — As hospitals filled with bloodied civilians and Ukrainian protesters in multiple Russian-occupied cities defiantly waved blue and yellow national flags, Russian President Vladimir Putin destroyed any hope Saturday of immediate deescalation of his invasion of Ukraine, threatening in a televised speech to strip Ukraine of its statehood…

Los Angeles Times · Mar 5, 2022

West ramps up support for Ukraine but refuses its main ask: A no-fly zone

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian forces pressed their offensive against key Ukrainian cities Friday in a heavy bombing and shelling campaign that has led to a ballooning humanitarian disaster, spurred a growing exodus of people and raised fears of a wider calamity after Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant was set ablaze.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 5, 2022

US and NATO officials ramp up warnings of potential Russian aggression in Ukraine

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken warned Thursday that Russia “is preparing to launch an attack” against Ukraine, echoing earlier comments from U.S. and Western officials who said an invasion could come any day and that Moscow would seek to use disinformation to create a pretext for such…

Los Angeles Times · Feb 18, 2022

US and NATO officials ramp up warnings of potential Russian aggression in Ukraine

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken warned Thursday that Russia “is preparing to launch an attack” against Ukraine, echoing earlier comments from U.S. and Western officials who said an invasion could come any day and that Moscow would seek to use disinformation to create a pretext for such…

Los Angeles Times · Feb 18, 2022

US and NATO officials ramp up warnings of potential Russian aggression in Ukraine

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken warned Thursday that Russia “is preparing to launch an attack” against Ukraine, echoing earlier comments from U.S. and Western officials who said an invasion could come any day and that Moscow would seek to use disinformation to create a pretext for such…

Los Angeles Times · Feb 17, 2022

US and NATO officials ramp up warnings of potential Russian aggression in Ukraine

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken warned Thursday that Russia “is preparing to launch an attack” against Ukraine, echoing comments earlier in the day from U.S. and Western officials who said an invasion could come at any minute and that Moscow would seek to use disinformation to create…

Los Angeles Times · Feb 17, 2022

Kamala Harris heads to major security conference to reassure a Europe still on edge

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Germany on Thursday to meet this weekend with Ukraine’s president and anxious European allies, who remain uncertain whether Russian President Vladimir Putin will pull back from the brink of a destabilizing war with Ukraine, Biden administration officials said.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 17, 2022

Russia-Ukraine standoff overshadows US talks in Pacific about China

MELBOURNE, Australia — Overshadowed by a crisis half a world away, leaders of the United States and three of its major Indo-Pacific allies agreed Friday to shore up defenses aimed at slowing China's domination of the region.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 11, 2022

Remember the 'pivot' to Asia? US wants to reassure Pacific allies it's still on

MELBOURNE, Australia — Like many U.S. governments before it, the Biden administration intended a foreign policy "pivot" toward China and Asia. Instead, Washington quickly faced war in Gaza, a chaotic pullout from Afghanistan and a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 9, 2022