Tag: Troops
Taliban celebrates 1 year of rule in Afghanistan l ABCNL
ABC News chief foreign correspondent Ian Pannell is live in Kabul, Afghanistan, where the Taliban is celebrating the 1-year anniversary of the withdrawal of U.S….
Biden signs PACT Act to aid troops exposed to burn pits in Iraq, Afghanistan | WNT
The legislation will expand the Department of Veterans Affairs and provide health care support to millions of veterans, as well as their families and caretakers,…
Ukrainian troops retreat city in east | GMA
U.S. officials say casualties in eastern Ukraine on both sides are “horrifically high” and the land that Putin’s troops have taken has been razed to…
Russia claims to achieve major goal in the war in Ukraine
ABC News’ Britt Clennett reports that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are “successfully repulsing” Russian troops in the eastern city of Severodonetsk. WATCH the ABC…
Food supply crisis becomes next front of war in Ukraine | ABCNL
ABC News’ Tom Soufi Burrdige has rare access to a stalled grain port in Ukraine, where a critical worldwide food supply is blocked from getting…
Zelenskyy says Russia controls 20% of Ukraine | WNT
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russia controls a fifth of the country as the U.S. military has begun training Ukrainian troops on an advanced…
Battle for the Donbas region in Ukraine
The mayor of Severodonetsk, a critical city in Ukraine, said on Tuesday that Russian troops control half of the town and that there is heavy…
EU agrees to partial ban on Russian oil imports l ABCNL
ABC News foreign correspondent Tom Soufi Burridge discusses the latest sanctions on Russia as Russian troops gain ground in the eastern Donbas region. WATCH the…
ABC News Live: Finland prepares bunkers across the country after Russian threat | ABCNL
Plus, Russian troops suffered “significant” losses while attempting to cross a river in Ukraine, and health officials and scientists work to better understand long-term effects…
Ukrainian troops leave steel plant in Mariupol l GMA
Ukraine struck a deal with Russia to evacuate more than 260 of its soldiers from the Azovstal steel plant after nearly three months under siege….
Ukrainian forces push Russian troops back near Kharkiv | WNT
Ukraine forces are now threatening Russia’s supply lines in eastern Ukraine’s disputed Donbas region. Russia had attacked the region to capture the strategic port city…
Pentagon holds press briefing on war in Ukraine | ABCNL
Commenting on Pentagon press secretary John Kirby’s latest briefing, former U.S. defense official Mick Mulroy says it is unlikely that U.S. troops will be deployed…
Catastrophic flooding in South Africa kills nearly 450 l WNT
The South African National Defense Force deployed 10,000 troops to lead the massive recovery effort in the area surrounding the city of Durban. Some 40,000…
Why the coming weeks could be critical for Ukraine l ABCNL
President Joe Biden said the fight for Ukraine is entering a “critical window,” as Russian troops regroup and renew their attacks in the coming weeks….
Biden: Vladimir Putin is a “war criminal” | ABCNL
President Joe Biden said Putin should be tried for war crimes as the UK Ministry of Defense said Ukrainian troops have retaken key terrain in…
New images show destruction outside Ukrainian capital Kyiv | ABCNL
The U.K. Defense Ministry says Ukrainian forces have retaken key territory in the north following a horrifying attack in Bucha by Russian troops. WATCH the…
Biden announces new sanctions, outlines more military aid l WNT
President Joe Biden spoke on Russian troops withdrawing from Ukraine and called the new emerging images “brutality and inhumanity left for all the world to…
Peace talks to Ukraine and Russia continue as war enters second month I ABCNL
Delegations from Ukraine and Russia are set to be held in-person as soon as Monday while Ukrainian President Zelenskyy says any peace deal is only…
Finding solace on the soccer field
Barça Soccer Academy is giving a 9-year-old refugee a place to be a kid while his father fights Russian troops in Ukraine. WATCH the ABC…
Pentagon skeptical about Russia’s ‘withdrawal’ from Kyiv
ABC News contributor Gen. Robert Abrams weighs in on Russia’s supposed withdrawal from Ukraine’s capital. WATCH the ABC News Livestream: https://bit.ly/3rzBHum SUBSCRIBE to ABC News:…
