The White House seized a rare chance to undermine Russia and build up regional allies as it built a coalition to support the Ukrainians.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin used their final meeting in Germany to press the incoming Trump administration to not give up on Kyiv’s fight, warning that to cease military support now “will only invite more aggression,

If Ukraine falls, it will be hard to spin as anything but a debacle for the United States, and for its president.

The United States has announced a new military aid package for Ukraine worth 500 million USD. U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin made the announcement on January 9 while opening the 25th meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG) at the Ramstein Air Base in Germany, according to Ukrinform.

The United States warned on Wednesday that North Korea is benefiting from its troops fighting alongside Russia against Ukraine, gaining experience that makes Pyongyang "more capable of waging war against its neighbors.

Thousands of North Korean troops have been deployed to fight for Russia.

President Joe Biden says the United States will send nearly $2.5 billion more in weapons to Ukraine.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's incoming Ukraine envoy has postponed a fact-finding trip to Kyiv and other European capitals until after Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20, according to four sources with knowledge of the trip's planning.

In the first trading day after Ukraine ceased the flow of Russian gas and oil, benchmark natural gas prices in Europe surged 4%.

The Biden administration has announced the final tranche of military aid it will send to Ukraine, amounting to about $500 million.