Ukraine

Republican Senator Roger Wicker believes America must consider all options, including nuclear attack.

The Fox News host criticized Senators Roger Wicker and Joni Ernst for their views on U.S. involvement in the spat between Ukraine and Russia.

Republican Senators Roger Wicker and Jim Inhofe spoke Tuesday in support of sanctioning Russia and sending significant additional military support to Ukraine.

Biden warned Putin Tuesday there would be "strong economic measures" taken if Russia decides to invade Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Joe Biden are expected to discuss Ukraine tensions during a high-stakes video call Tuesday.

Policy analysts and think tanks have said Moscow is intent on regaining imperial control of Kyiv.

U.S. intelligence has warned that as many as 175,000 Russian troops could be deployed to invade Russia's southern neighbor, a possible future NATO member.

Blinken declared "unwavering support" for Ukraine "in the face of Russian aggression," according to Secretary of State Spokesperson Ned Price.

"The United States is not seeking to end up in a circumstance in which the focus of our countermeasures is the direct use of military force," a senior administration official said.

President Biden will discuss the Ukraine-Russia border issues with European allies before doing so with Presidents Putin and Zelenskyy.

"I don't think the United States is prepared to go to war in Ukraine. I don't think the United States is prepared to go to war over Taiwan," former Naval War College researcher Lyle Goldstein told Newsweek.

"The deployment of [Russian] troops on the national territory is our sovereign right and no one's business," the embassy tweeted.

Russian foreign affair's spokeswoman Maria Zakharova referred to NATO campaigns in Iraq, Libya and Syria and Yugoslavia.

Biden did not indicate what those initiatives may entail, but Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said the U.S. has threatened new sanctions against Russia.

Putin and Biden are set to have a phone call in the coming days in which Putin will demand NATO not expand eastward to Ukraine.

Ukraine's defense minister warned that a Russian "escalation" of tensions could happen by the end of January amid a buildup of troops at the border.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said if Russia moves against Ukraine, the U.S. and NATO would respond with "a range of high-impact economic measures."

Ukraine and the West have grown concerned about a Russian troop buildup near Ukraine's border and a potential invasion into the neighboring nation.

Russia is escalating pressure on Ukraine, threatening to drag the U.S. and NATO into their worst confrontation with Moscow since the Cold War.

The Zircon hypersonic cruise missile, capable of flying at nine times the speed of sound to a range of 620 miles, has undergone a series of tests.

"We are very concerned about the movements we've seen along Ukraine's border," U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.

The ongoing violence in the Donbas comes as NATO discuss concerns over Russia's military build-up by Ukraine.

The study finished by the Pentagon and discussed by officials Monday revealed minor changes planned to be made regarding U.S. troop placements around the globe.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed during a Friday press conference he had evidence that linked the billionaire to planning a coup.

NATO has asked Russia to "reduce tensions and de-escalate" as Kyiv increases its calls to join the U.S-led alliance to counter the threat from Moscow.

Russia and Ukraine have been staging combat drills as Russian troops have amassed along the countries' border.

If U.S. officials were being honest with themselves, they would recognize that more military assistance to the Ukrainians is unlikely to do much of anything except prompt Russia to retaliate in kind.

"China and Russia are united like a mountain and their friendship is unbreakable," Beijing and Moscow's defense chiefs said, according to the Chinese military.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the allegations could be a ruse to cover up aggressive intentions from Ukrainian leadership.

The Crimean Peninsula is considered to be part of Ukraine by many countries around the world, but Russia continues to call it part of its own country.