Tag: Ukraine

Former President Donald Trump alleged President Joe Biden is “compromised” because of his connections to Ukraine, and came out forcefully against the country’s possible admission into NATO. Mr. Trump, who is running to regain the presidency, made that statement in a video posted on his campaign’s official Twitter account on July 20. The statement was released just as Republican lawmakers ...

Commentary Will Canada ever learn from its own mistakes? The years of apologies and reparations for the historical mistreatment of Canadian immigrants during times of war appear to have been forgotten as we quietly allow prejudice to form around Russian Canadians. Canada has a rich history of inviting and welcoming immigrants from all parts of the world. Festivals are held ...

Military aid, including weapons and ammunition, sent by the United States to Ukraine was overestimated by at least $3 billion owing to an accounting mistake by the Pentagon, Defense Department officials have said. “During our regular oversight process of presidential drawdown packages, the Department discovered inconsistencies in equipment valuation for Ukraine,” said Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh in an ...

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced on Wednesday that he had given the go-ahead for the first transfer of confiscated Russian assets to Ukraine. The U.S. Department of Justice charged Konstantin Malofeyev, a Russian oligarch, with breaching sanctions imposed on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine last year. The United States claimed that he had provided funds to Russians who were ...