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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is seen in a car during a visit at a military air base in Soesterberg, Netherlands, Thursday, May 4, 2023. (Yves Herman/Pool via AP)

U.K. sending long-range cruise missiles to Ukraine

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, speaks to South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, right, during a plenary session at the Russia-Africa summit in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia on Oct. 24, 2019. The U.S. ambassador to South Africa, Reuben Brigety, has accused South Africa of providing weapons to Russia saying the U.S. government was certain that weapons were loaded onto a cargo ship that docked secretly at a naval base near the city of Cape Town for three days in December. (Sergei Chirikov/Pool Photo via AP, File)

U.S. ambassador accuses South Africa of providing arms to Russia; president cites investigation

By Gerald Imray - Associated Press

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is seen in a car during a visit at a military air base in Soesterberg, Netherlands, Thursday, May 4, 2023. (Yves Herman/Pool via AP)

Zelenskyy: Ukraine counteroffensive needs more time, launching now would cost too many lives

By Susie Blann - Associated Press

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at the Heritage Foundation 50th Anniversary Celebration leadership summit, Friday, April 21, 2023, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

DeSantis PAC slams Trump town hall as ineffective ‘nonsense’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Russian servicemen guard an area of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station, the largest nuclear power plant in Europe and among the 10 largest in the world in Enerhodar, Zaporizhzhia region, in territory under Russian military control, southeastern Ukraine, on May 1, 2022. Russia plans to relocate around 2,700 Ukrainian staff from Europe’s largest nuclear plant, Ukraine’s atomic energy company claimed Wednesday, May 10, 2023, warning of a potential “catastrophic lack of qualified personnel” at the Zaporizhzhia facility in Russia-occupied southern Ukraine. (AP Photo) **FILE**

Ukraine’s occupied nuclear plant facing severe staffing shortages

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

A Ukrainian soldier goes in a trench close to the Russian positions near Kremenna in the Luhansk region, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 9, 2023. (AP Photo/LIBKOS)

Ukraine’s occupied nuke plant faces possible staffing crunch

By Susie Blann and Yuras Karamanu - Associated Press

A wreath placed by Russia's ambassador to Poland lies in front of an installation representing Russian crimes in Ukraine, in Warsaw, Poland, on Tuesday May 9, 2023. The one-day installation was set up by Ukrainian activists on the day when Russia celebrates the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany at the end of World War II. The large installation blocked the path of Russia's ambassador to Poland and prevented him from placing the wreath at a Warsaw memorial to Soviet soldiers. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Ukraine flags block Russian ambassador’s path on Victory Day

By Vanessa Gera - Associated Press

Russian RS-24 Yars ballistic missiles move toward Red Square to attend a Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, May 9, 2023, marking the 78th anniversary of the end of World War II. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Putin tells WWII event West is waging a ‘real war’ on Russia

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A U.S.-made Patriot missile is launched during an annual exercises in Ilan County, 49 miles west of Taipei, Taiwan, on July 20, 2006. Patriot missile systems have long been a hot ticket item for the U.S. and allies in contested areas of the world as a coveted shield against incoming missiles. In Europe, the Middle East and the Pacific, they guard against potential strikes from Iran, Somalia and North Korea. So it was a critical turning point when news broke this week that the U.S. has agreed to send a Patriot missile battery to Ukraine (AP Photo/File)

Pentagon: Ukraine used U.S.-made Patriot to down Russian hypersonic missile

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

The European flag, left, flies Tuesday, April 18, 2023, at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias) ** FILE **

EU Parliament votes to fast-track Ukraine ammunition bill

By Samuel Petrequin - Associated Press

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko stands in front of an apartment building damaged by a drone that was shot down during a Russian overnight strike, amid Russia's attack, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, May 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko)

Ukraine shoots down 35 drones over Kyiv as attacks kill 4

By Susie Blann - Associated Press

Ukrainian soldiers wave atop a passing tank on the frontline in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, April 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos)

Ukraine, Russia fighting an evolutionary war; tech joins WWI-style combat, giving glimpses of future

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Soldiers shout during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade which will take place at Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square on May 9 to celebrate 78 years after the victory in World War II in St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, May 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

War overshadows holiday integral to Russian identity

Associated Press

People walk past an army recruiting billboard with the words "Military service under contract in the armed forces" in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, March 24, 2023. A campaign to replenish Russian troops in Ukraine with more soldiers appears to be underway again, with makeshift recruitment centers popping up in cities and towns, and state institutions posting ads promising cash bonuses and benefits to entice men to sign contracts enabling them to be sent into the battlefield. (AP Photo)

Moscow offering migrants cash, passports in exchange for military service

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Mariano Grossi speaks to the media as a mission of the International Atomic Energy Agency prepare to visit the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Sept. 1, 2022. The head of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog Rafael Grossi is expressing growing anxiety about the safety of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, after the governor of the Russia-occupied area ordered the evacuation of a town where most plant staff live amid ongoing attacks in the area. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko, File)

Nuclear watchdog’s worries grow over Ukraine plant safety

By David Rising - Associated Press

Russian writer and publicist Zakhar Prilepin attends a news conference in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. Russian state news agency Tass says the car of Prilepin exploded in Russia on Saturday, May 6, 2023, injuring him and killing his driver. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Pro-Kremlin novelist injured in car explosion in Russia

By Dasha Litvinova - Associated Press

Members of U.S. 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command stand next to a Patriot surface-to-air missile battery during the NATO multinational ground-based air defense units exercise "Tobruq Legacy 2017" at the Siauliai airbase some 230 km. (144 miles) east of the capital Vilnius, Lithuania, on July 20, 2017. Ukraine’s defense minister said Wednesday, April 19, 2023, his country has received U.S-made Patriot surface-to-air guided missile systems it has long craved and which Kyiv hopes will help shield it from Russian strikes during the war. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis) **FILE**

Ukraine downs Russian hypersonic missile with U.S. Patriot

By David Rising - Associated Press

Theater director Zhenya Berkovich sits in a cage in a courtroom prior to a hearing in a court in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 5, 2023. Theater director Zhenya Berkovich and playwright Svetlana Petriychuk were detained on Thursday on the charge of justifying terrorism because of their play "Finist, the Brave Falcon." The play is about women who were lured into marriage by representatives of radical Islam, went to live with them in Syria and faced prosecution upon returning to Russia. Berkovich and Petriychuk have maintained their innocence. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russia jails artists amid crackdown on dissent

By Dasha Litvinova - Associated Press

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, arrives during a funeral ceremony at the Troyekurovskoye cemetery in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, April 8, 2023. Prigozhin is threatening to pull his troops out of the protracted battle for the eastern Ukraine city of Bakhmut next week. He accused Russia’s military command Friday, May 5 of starving his forces of ammunition and rendering them unable to fight. (AP Photo, file)

Russia’s Wagner boss threatens Bakhmut pullout in Ukraine

By David Rising - Associated Press

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, arrives during a funeral ceremony at the Troyekurovskoye cemetery in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, April 8, 2023. Prigozhin is threatening to pull his troops out of the protracted battle for the eastern Ukraine city of Bakhmut next week. He accused Russia’s military command Friday, May 5 of starving his forces of ammunition and rendering them unable to fight. (AP Photo, file)

No love lost between Russian military and Wagner mercenaries amid Ukraine war

Associated Press