AAMER MADHANI

The Russian missile cruiser Moskva is purportedly seen in photos depicting it after being hit by Ukrainian missiles, prior to sinking, April 14, 2022. (Social media)

May 6, 2022, 4:19 am

Official says US provided location intel that Ukraine used to sink Russian warship

US source stresses that Ukraine alone decided to target and sink flagship of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet using its own anti-ship missiles

By AAMER MADHANI, NOMAAN MERCHANT and Lolita C. Baldor

President Joe Biden, left, former president Barack Obama, former first lady Michelle Obama, former president Bill Clinton and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, during the funeral service for former secretary of state Madeleine Albright at the Washington National Cathedral, April 27, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

April 27, 2022, 11:08 pm

World leaders pay final respects to trailblazing diplomat Madeleine Albright

Former secretary of state, who died at 84 last month, remembered at Washington funeral ceremony by president as a ‘truly proud American who made all of us prouder to be American’

By Matthew Lee and AAMER MADHANI

Ukrainian servicemen study a Sweden shoulder-launched weapon system Carl Gustaf M4 during a training session on the near Kharkiv, Ukraine, on April 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Marienko, File)

April 21, 2022, 10:32 pm

Biden announces artillery, weapons for Ukraine after Russia claims Mariupol victory

$800 million package includes 144,000 rounds of ammunition and drones for escalating battle in Donbas and builds on roughly $2.6 billion in military aid already approved by US

By AAMER MADHANI, Robert Burns and DARLENE SUPERVILLE

US President Joe Biden speaks to the media at Fort Lesley J. McNair, on Monday, April 4, 2022, as he returns to Washington and the White House after spending the weekend in Wilmington, Delaware. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

April 5, 2022, 11:52 pm

US plans fresh sanctions on Russia, including ban on all new investments

New measures expected to be rolled out in coordination with other allies, as global outrage grows over killings, devastation in Kyiv suburb Bucha

By AAMER MADHANI and Josh Boak

A local resident walks past a destroyed Russian tank in Dmytrivka, west of Kyiv, undated (Genya SAVILOV / AFP)

April 3, 2022, 12:07 pm

Spies come in from the cold as intelligence goes unexpectedly public in Ukraine war

Officials say the stream of information – a strategy coordinated by the US with its allies – aims to make Putin question what he’s being told and show Russians they’ve been lied to

By Jill Lawless and AAMER MADHANI

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Mahmud-Ali Kalimatov, the head of the Republic of Ingushetia during their meeting in Moscow, Russia, March 30, 2022. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

March 30, 2022, 10:18 pm

Putin’s advisers are misleading him about Ukraine war, US intel says

American official says there are persistent tensions between the Russian leader and his military top brass over invasion’s failures, as the conflict becomes a bloody stalemate

By AAMER MADHANI and NOMAAN MERCHANT

A member of the US Air Force stands near a Patriot missile battery at the Prince Sultan air base in al-Kharj, central Saudi Arabia, on Feb. 20, 2020. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via AP, File)

March 21, 2022, 9:55 am

US official says Biden bolstered Saudi Patriot missile supply

Move comes amid strained relations between Riyadh and Washington, with the latter moving its air defense systems from kingdom and removing Iranian proxy Houthis from terror list

By AAMER MADHANI

US President Joe Biden meets virtually with Chinese President Xi Jinping from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, on Nov. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

March 18, 2022, 7:10 pm

In call with Biden, Xi pans Ukraine ‘conflict,’ without assigning blame to Russia

US president questions Chinese counterpart’s support of Putin, lack of denunciation of Moscow; Beijing pushes back, calling Washington’s accusations ‘overbearing’

By AAMER MADHANI

People stand by TV screens broadcasting the news of Russian troops that have launched their attack on Ukraine, in Hong Kong Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. (AP/Vincent Yu)

March 15, 2022, 3:24 am

US warns China on aligning with Russia, says Beijing willing to bolster Putin

White House describes 7-hour talks between senior diplomats from Beijing and Washington as ‘intense’; US officials say China responded positively to Russian request for aid

By AAMER MADHANI, Josh Boak and Matthew Lee

Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin talk to each other during their meeting in Beijing, China on February 4, 2022. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

March 14, 2022, 6:25 am

Russia asking China for military equipment, US says ahead of meeting

National security adviser Jake Sullivan, due to meet in Rome with his Chinese counterpart on Monday, warns of ‘consequences’ if Beijing helps Moscow

By AAMER MADHANI and Josh Boak

Illustrative: Russian lawmakers attend a session prior to voting for constitutional amendments at the State Duma, the Lower House of the Russian Parliament in Moscow, Russia, on March 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

February 22, 2022, 8:08 pm

Russian lawmakers give Putin okay to deploy force outside country

Upper house of parliament gives President swift unanimous approval for move that could herald a larger assault on Ukraine, as Putin urges recognition of Crimea as Russian

By Vladimir Isachenikov, YURAS KARMANAU and AAMER MADHANI

Russian army tanks are loaded onto railway platforms to move back to their permanent base after drills in Russia, February 16, 2022. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

February 17, 2022, 10:18 am

US says Russia still bolstering troops near Ukraine border, despite Moscow’s claims

Washington says 7,000 more soldiers sent with 150,000-plus now surrounding country; Blinken: Putin ‘can pull the trigger’ any day; Russia-chaired Security Council to meet

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, YURAS KARMANAU and AAMER MADHANI

US President Joe Biden speaks about Ukraine in the East Room of the White House, Feb. 15, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

February 16, 2022, 12:48 am

Biden says US has ‘not yet verified’ Russian pullback from Ukraine border

US president calls to give diplomacy ‘every chance,’ but warns ‘responsible nations… will not hesitate to respond’ if Russia launches invasion: We ‘must stand for freedom’

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, YURAS KARMANAU and AAMER MADHANI

President Joe Biden speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House, February 9, 2022, in Washington; Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting via videoconference at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, February 11, 2022. ( (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky; Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

February 12, 2022, 7:10 pm

Biden, Putin hold 62-minute call as US warns Russia could soon invade Ukraine

US evacuates Kyiv embassy, as other Western nations urge citizens to leave country; Russian leader also speaks with French president

By Jim Heintz and AAMER MADHANI

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan gives an update about Ukraine during a press briefing at the White House, on February 11, 2022, in Washington, DC. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

February 11, 2022, 11:09 pm

US warns Russia may invade Ukraine in days, urges Americans to quickly leave

‘We are in the window when an invasion could begin at any time should Vladimir Putin decide to order it,’ says Biden’s national security adviser

By Matthew Lee, AAMER MADHANI and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV