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But Senate leaders say they have a long way to go. “I have a general feeling we are in a very preliminary stage,” said Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), who is in touch with lawmakers negotiating on the border. “It’s critically important. The aid to Ukraine is time sensitive. People are fighting and dying every day. We need to move…

New House Speaker Mike Johnson spoke with Senate Republicans Wednesday about his controversial Israel-only aid package in an effort to gain their support, telling them that he wants to get additional aid for Ukraine passed, but the Israel aid will likely have to move through first and separately.Johnson addressed the Senate Republican Conference…

As Russia's war in Ukraine grinds on after more than five months of vicious fighting, casualties are mounting on both sides. Thousands of Ukrainian soldiers have suffered life-changing injuries, but many tell CBS News they're determined to continue defending their country if they can.CBS News senior foreign correspondent Holly Williams…

Russia may begin full mobilisation after 2024 presidential election, says senior security officialRussia may begin full mobilisation after the 2024 Russian presidential election on 17 March, the secretary of the national security and defence council of Ukraine, Oleksii Danilov, has suggested.Danilov said in a speech to the International Security…

CNN  —  A Ukrainian police officer inspects a half-destroyed building when, suddenly, he rushes to the ground, ducking for cover. “Incoming,” he shouts to his partner, in body camera…

Matt Roe was devastated when he discovered a medical condition would prevent him joining the Australian military.“It took me years to get over it … if I ever did,” the South Australian landscaper says.“It’s all I ever wanted to do.”But now Roe, 36, has found a different – though potentially illegal – way to become involved in a military…

Fear persists that Israel’s forceful retaliation, and what comes next in Gaza, will distract the U.S. from Kyiv’s needs. Biden is grappling with a funding fight at home, where Democrats express skepticism at more support for Israel while Republicans say assisting Ukraine is a fool’s errand. And the prospect of a potential knock-down, drag-out…

Updated August 28, 2022 at 9:06 a.m. EDT|PublishedAugust 28, 2022 at 4:33 a.m. EDTElizaveta Dmytrieva. (Courtesy of Iryna Dmytrieva)Comment on this storyCommentFour-year-old Elizaveta Dmytrieva grinned as she pushed her stroller along the street in Vinnytsia, Ukraine. It was nearly five months into the war, but the city where her family had…

city of Mariupol, during Russia's military invasion launched on Ukraine. (Photo by ANDREY BORODULIN/AFP via Getty Images)AFP via Getty ImagesA separate aid bill for Ukraine likely will be doomed to fail because House Republicans would tie its passage to including several controversial immigration measures. An understanding of the House…

Ukraine's military says that it has destroyed another Russian UR-77 Meteorit, a mine-clearing vehicle that the Kremlin has reportedly used as an offensive weapon to launch missiles.Ukraine's Operational Command South, a military formation covering much of the country's southern region, said in a Facebook post on Friday that Ukrainian forces had…