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US Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, delivers a speech as he hosts the meeting of the Ukraine Security Consultative Group at Ramstein Air Base in Ramstein, Germany, on April 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
April 26, 2022, 2:20 pm
As Ukrainian army gets closer to West, Russia causes the outcome it feared
The longer Ukraine fends off attack, the more it absorbs Western weaponry and training — the exact thing Putin hoped to prevent when invading
By Robert Burns
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
Volunteers carry the body of a man killed during the war to a refrigerated container in Bucha, in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday April 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
April 15, 2022, 11:17 pm
Ukraine police find 900 bodies around Kyiv, many ‘simply executed’
Jarring number emerges shortly after Russia’s Defense Ministry promised to step up missile attacks on capital in response to Ukraine’s alleged aggression on Russian territory
By Adam Schreck, Robert Burns and YESICA FISCH
A young woman handles a weapon during a basic combat training for civilians, organized by the Special Forces Unit Azov, of Ukraine's National Guard, in Mariupol, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, on Sunday, February 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
April 13, 2022, 1:40 pm
Russia yet to slow Western arms express into Ukraine
Armaments have helped the under-gunned Ukrainian military defy predictions it would be quickly overrun; the US alone has donated more than 50 million rounds of ammunition
By Robert Burns
An elderly man walks outside an apartment block which was destroyed by an artillery strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, March 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
March 25, 2022, 9:11 am
One month in, Putin’s war on Ukraine heads into possibly still more dangerous phase
With Moscow’s offensive largely stalled, the Russian leader’s original plans are in tatters; but this could lead to even greater escalation and destruction
By Robert Burns
A Russian armored personnel carrier burns amid damaged and abandoned light utility vehicles after fighting in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Feb. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Marienko Andrew, File)
March 9, 2022, 8:56 am
Two weeks in, Russian invasion of Ukraine slowed but not stopped
With offensive bogged down by array of factors, including lack of coordination and failure to gain air superiority, officials fear frustrated Putin will intensify fighting
By Lolita C. Baldor and Robert Burns
This February 15, 2022 satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows attack helicopters deployed at Zyabrovka airfield in Belarus. (Satellite image ©2022 Maxar Technologies via AP)
February 18, 2022, 2:47 am
Satellite photos provide bird’s-eye view of unfolding Ukraine crisis
Commercial satellite company’s high-resolution images show Russian troops’ staging grounds, airfields, artillery positions on Ukrainian borders, but can’t provide a full picture
By Robert Burns
US Army troops of the 82nd Airborne Division unloading vehicles from a transport plane after arriving from Fort Bragg, at the Rzeszow-Jasionka airport in southeastern Poland, on February 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
February 11, 2022, 11:31 pm
US to send 3,000 more troops to Poland amid fears Russia planning Ukraine invasion
Soldiers will join 1,700 American servicemen already in Poland; Biden’s national security adviser warns Putin could give order to attack at any moment
By Robert Burns
Illustrative: A Ukrainian Military Forces serviceman watches through spyglass in a dugout on the frontline with Russia-backed separatists near Gorlivka, Donetsk region on January 23, 2022. (Anatolii STEPANOV / AFP)
January 25, 2022, 2:45 am
US readies troops for possible NATO deployment as Russia invasion fears ramp up
Pentagon says 8,500 soldiers may be sent to Eastern Europe as Biden and West look to shore up alliance against possible plans by Moscow to move into Ukraine
By Robert Burns and LORNE COOK
Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie, the head of US Central Command at Resolute Support headquarters, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on July 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Ahmad Seir)
December 11, 2021, 10:26 am
US Mideast military chief: Attacks by Iran-backed militias ‘may provoke a response’
Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie says Tehran ‘is trying to eject’ US troops from Iraq, and that it holds to dangerous belief its attacks on troops won’t affect nuke talks
By Lolita C. Baldor and Robert Burns
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden watch the casket during a funeral for former Secretary of State Colin Powell at the Washington National Cathedral, in Washington, Friday, Nov. 5, 2021. At right are former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
November 5, 2021, 9:05 pm
Family, friends gather for funeral of trailblazing soldier-diplomat Colin Powell
Those in attendance at Washington National Cathedral include former presidents Bush and Obama, former secretaries of state Baker, Rice and Clinton and ex-defense secretary Gates
By Robert Burns and Matthew Lee
Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the conclusion of military operations in Afghanistan and plans for future counterterrorism operations on September 28, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool)
October 28, 2021, 10:31 am
Top US general: Chinese weapon test ‘very concerning,’ close to a Sputnik moment
Milley is 1st Pentagon official to confirm nature of Beijing test of nuclear-capable hypersonic weapon that orbited Earth then reentered atmosphere
By Robert Burns
The US military outpost al-Tanf in southern Syria, October 22, 2018. (AP/Lolita Baldor)
October 26, 2021, 12:58 am
US officials say Iran behind recent drone attack on American base in Syria
As many as 5 Iranian-made explosives-laden UAVs were used in assault last week, but not launched from Iranian territory ; Pentagon spokesperson doesn’t rule out a response
By Lolita C. Baldor and Robert Burns
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the conclusion of military operations in Afghanistan and plans for future counterterrorism operations, on Capitol Hill in Washington, September 28, 2021. (Patrick Semansky/AP)
September 29, 2021, 3:41 pm
US Joint Chiefs chairman calls Afghan war a ‘strategic failure’
Gen. Mark Milley tells Congress he advised Biden to leave 2,500 troops in Kabul to prevent government collapse and Taliban takeover, defends not resigning when advice ignored
By Robert Burns and Lolita C. Baldor
Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the conclusion of military operations in Afghanistan and plans for future counterterrorism operations on September 28, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool)
September 29, 2021, 12:32 am
Milley defends calls to Chinese amid fears of Trump’s sanity after election loss
Joint Chiefs of Staff tells Senate Armed Services Committee he was seeking to de-escalate due to ‘significant degree of intelligence’ that China was worried about a US attack
By Lolita C. Baldor and Robert Burns
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