Russia-Ukraine Conflict

The airstrikes followed the pullout of Russian forces from Snake Island on Thursday, a move that was expected to ease the threat to nearby Odesa, home to Ukraine’s biggest port.

Legal experts say an acquittal in Russian criminal court is "very unlikely," and that Griner's best bet at becoming free would be through diplomatic negotiations.

Russian troops withdrew from Snake Island, a key strategic outpost off Ukraine’s Black Sea coast, as analysts said a counteroffensive in the south could ultimately prove decisive.  

Instead of lowering the chances of war, the membership of the two Nordic countries increases the risk for the entire alliance.

“The United States and our allies are stepping up, proving NATO is more needed now than it ever has been, and it’s as important as it has ever been,” Biden said Wednesday.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has prompted Sweden and Finland to abandon their long-held nonaligned status and apply to join NATO, but Tu rkeyhad blocked the move until now.

Leaders of the Group of Seven nations, which include the U.S., condemned what they called an “abominable attack" on the busy civilian site in Kremenchuk.

Russia is a cause of Africa’s grain shortage, even though Putin portrays himself as a savior.

The U.S. Agency for International Development estimates 750,000 people are at immediate risk of starvation around the world as a result of Russia's invasion.

“The number of victims is impossible to imagine,” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

During a NATO summit in Europe, Biden also plans to announce changes to deployments in several Baltic countries that he authorized ahead of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.