1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (305+ words) (Worthy News) – CIA Director John Ratcliffe made an unannounced trip to Moscow on Tuesday for meetings with Russian officials, according to U.S. media reports, marking one of the most sensitive known contacts between Washington and Moscow since Russia’s full-scale invasion…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (254+ words) The Battle of Hechtel in 1944 provides a case study in the virtue of courage, showing both the value of both aggressive daring but also the danger of courage without prudence...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1147+ words) KYIV/BUDAPEST (Worthy News) – The European Union marked Ukraine’s Independence Day by pledging to provide the war-torn nation with 6.1 billion euros ($7.1 billion) for “air and missile defense systems” as well as other “missiles, ammunition and radars.” In a statement obtained…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (864+ words) KYIV/BUDAPEST (Worthy News) – British Prime Minister Andy Burnham accused Russia on Monday of “outrageous threats” against the United Kingdom after Moscow warned that his decision to provide Ukraine with newly declassified blueprints for the production of long-range missiles would…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1040+ words) WARSAW/LONDON/KYIV/BUDAPEST (Worthy News) – The death toll from a Russian drone strike on a crowded shopping center in Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s hometown rose to at least 16 Sunday, as Kyiv pleaded for more air-defense interceptors and France promised…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (975+ words) SOFIA/BUDAPEST (Worthy News) – NATO’s chief has sought to reassure Bulgaria of the military alliance’s support amid reports that Iran has weighed attacking American military targets in Europe if U.S. President Donald J. Trump orders renewed or expanded strikes…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (1280+ words) KYIV/BUDAPEST (Worthy News) – Ukraine is appealing for expanded access to Western satellite technology to help locate and destroy Russian missile launchers and other military targets as relentless Russian drone and missile attacks have killed dozens of civilians within two…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (535+ words) By Stefan J. Bos, Worthy News Europe Bureau Chief KYIV/MOSCOW/BUDAPEST (Worthy News) – Ukrainian authorities said Thursday at least 16 people were killed and about 40 injured in massive overnight Russian drone and missile strikes on Kyiv and the wider region, while…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1422+ words) THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS (Worthy News) – Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten faced mounting pressure Sunday after two people died in a traffic accident linked to a farmers’ protest, while his government was drawn into a separate controversy over a prominent statesman’s…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (684+ words) KYIV/MOSCOW/BUCHAREST/BUDAPEST (Worthy News) – The Russia-Ukraine war rapidly escalated Sunday as more than 800 Ukrainian drones targeted Russia in Ukraine’s largest such attack this year, killing at least seven people, officials said. Earlier Russian strikes hit Ukraine, while a…...